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St Ann's Square and Exchange Street, Manchester

PLA-2026-001669Full planning permissionAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

City Council Development: Creation of temporary Christmas Markets for a period of 47 days.

Received
17 September 2026
Ward
Deansgate
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at St Ann's Square and Exchange Street Manchester. Manchester has handled 129 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 239 applications across Deansgate.

74% of full planning permission applications at Manchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full planning permission

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2026
Decision issued
12 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Michael Pearson

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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