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36 Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BT

Granted Manchester 109316/LO/2015/C1 Listed Building Consent

Works: Extension

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Listed building consent for internal and external alterations associated with a change of use of existing Freemason's Hall to allow the building to be used for a mix of independently operated uses, being a mix of Class A3 (Restaurants and Cafe) Use, A4 (Drinking Establishment) Use, D1 (Conferencing) Use and D2 (Banqueting including ancillary accommodation including bedroom suites)and continued Masonic use together with ancillary offices, storage and kitchen facilities together with the erection of a roof top extension to form a roof terrace with outside seating areas.

As published by the council, reference 109316/LO/2015/C1

Application record

Reference
109316/LO/2015/C1
Type
Listed Building Consent
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
13 Jul 2015
Validated
13 Jul 2015
Decided
30 Dec 2015
Ward
City Centre Ward (2004)
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
M3 3BT

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 14 applications since 2014: 13 approved, 0 refused.

  • 118583/JO/2017 Granted

    36 Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BT

    Minor material amendment to application ref no 109315/FO/2015/C1 (variation of condition 2) to allow for relocation of electricity sub-station, creation of mezzanine floor within basement and re-modelling of fire escape.

    Decided 23 Mar 2018 Amendments
  • 118584/JO/2017 Granted

    36 Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BT

    Minor material amendment to application ref no 109316/LO/2015/C1 (variation of condition 2) to allow for relocation of electricity sub-station, creation of mezzanine floor within basement and re-modelling of fire escape. Condition Number(s): Condition 2Conditions(s) Removal:To provide minor amendments to approved schemeCondition 2 to be revised to list revised plan numbers

    Decided 23 Mar 2018 Amendments
  • 115213/LO/2017 Granted

    36 Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BT

    Insertion of 2x 900 x 500 louvres to bricked up windows left of new entrance (basement level) and 1x 750 x 350 louvre to bricked up window right of new entrance (first floor level). 1x flue terminal (approx. 250 diameter) to eastern most window (first floor level)

    Decided 5 May 2017 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 115212/FO/2017 Granted

    36 Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BT

    Insertion of 2x 900 x 500 louvres to bricked up windows left of new entrance (basement level) and 1x 750 x 350 louvre to bricked up window right of new entrance (first floor level), x1 flue terminal (approx. 250 diameter) to eastern most window (first floor level)

    Decided 5 May 2017 Full applications
  • 115210/LO/2017 Granted

    36 Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BT

    LISTED BUIDING CONSENT Internal works associated with fit out to central ground floor and basement unit (Unit 2) for use as a restaurant. Works include installation of screens to divide space from other parts of the Freemasons Building, new toilets, kitchen facilities, bar, and other interventions associated with fit out of restaurant space.

    Decided 5 May 2017 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 115307/LO/2017 Granted

    36 Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BT

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for internal works to allow the relocation of the existing War Memorial and Plaques, and relocation of existing light fittings in the main hall

    Decided 7 Apr 2017 Heritage and listed buildings
  • CDN/17/0027 Granted

    36 Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BT

    Discharge of conditions 4 (Hours), 5 (Fumes), 6 (Refuse), 7 (glazing), 8 (Servicing), 10 (Construction Management Plan), 11 (Materials),12 (Acoustics - Plant), 14 (Work elements), 16 (Signage), 17 (Method Statement), 18 (Finishes), 19 (M&E), 20 (Acoustics) & 21 (Tenants Guide) attached to planning permission 109315/FO/2015/C1.

    Decided 27 Jul 2017 Conditions
  • CDN/17/0033 Granted

    36 Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BT

    Discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9 attached to application number 109316/LO/2015/C1

    Decided 27 Jul 2017 Conditions
  • 114148/LO/2016 Withdrawn

    36 Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BT

    Internal works to allow the relocation of existing Memorial and Plaques from ground to first floor.

    Decided 2 Feb 2017 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 36 Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BT

    Change of use of existing ancillary car garage of Freemason's Hall Bridge Street to class A3 (Restaurant and Cafe) Use and associated external alterations including installation of new shop front and erection of external flue

    Decided 11 Dec 2015 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Jul 2015

    Received by Manchester

  2. 30 Dec 2015

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 8 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

104 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 30 December 2015, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About heritage and listed building applications

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

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