Planning application
55 Portland Street Manchester M1 3HP
Works: Extension Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Refurbishment and extension of existing 13 storey office building to create a 14 storey office building with retail units at ground floor (Use Classes A1, A2 or A3), including replacement of curtain wall exterior with contemporary glazing system; and construction of 183 bedroom hotel with ancillary bar, restaurant and public area, casino (sui generis), basement car park, hotel drop off/service bay, boundary treatment and associated works.
As published by the council, reference 110167/FO/2015/C2
Application record
- Reference
- 110167/FO/2015/C2
- Type
- Full Application Consent
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 12 Nov 2015
- Validated
- 12 Nov 2015
- Decided
- 9 Feb 2016
- Ward
- City Centre Ward (2004)
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- M1 3HP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 16 applications since 2015: 13 approved, 0 refused.
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CDN/20/0504 Granted
55 Portland Street Manchester M1 3HP
Discharge of Condition 32 (casino acoustics) attached to planning permission 123733/JO/2019
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CHR/0014 Granted
55 Portland Street Manchester M1 3HP
Request for temporary revised construction activity working hours in relation to planning permission 119265/FO/2018 until 13 May 2021 comprising: Monday-Friday 07:30-20:00 and Saturday 08:30-16:00
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CDN/20/0034 Granted
55 Portland Street Manchester M1 3HP
Discharge of conditions 3 (SuDS), 5 (ext equipment acoustics), 6 (SBD), 7 (BREEAM), 8 (partial discharge) (Travel Plan), 11 (TV reception), 30 (hotel acoustics), 33 (hotel bar and restaurant acoustics), 35 (casino fume), 36 (hotel fume) and 38 (hotel drop off/pick up strategy) attached to planning permission 123733/JO/2019
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122856/AO/2019 Granted
55 Portland Street Manchester M1 3HP
Display of three internally illuminated individual letter high level signs and one internally illuminated individual letter entrance sign
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CDN/19/0400 Granted
55 Portland Street Manchester M1 3HP
Discharge of conditions 9 (footway dimensions) and 10 (samples programme) of planning permission 119265/FO/2018
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CDN/19/0460 Withdrawn
55 Portland Street Manchester M1 3HP
Discharge of conditions 27 (casino acoustics), 30 (casino fumes) and 32 (casino customer drop-off strategy) attached to planning permission 115119/JO/2017
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CDN/19/0513 Withdrawn
55 Portland Street Manchester M1 3HP
Discharge of condition 20 (wildlife measures) attached to planning permission 115119/JO/2017
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123733/JO/2019 Granted
55 Portland Street Manchester M1 3HP
Variation of condition 2 (drawing nos) to allow amendments, including elevation changes and changes to internal arrangements, and submission of further information relating to conditions 15 (landscape), 16 (waste management), 20 (wildlife measures) and 21 (travel plan) of planning permission 115119/JO/2017.
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CDN/19/0212 Granted
55 Portland Street Manchester M1 3HP
Discharge of conditions 4 (Portland Street Elevation), 12 (Public Realm Programme) and 15a (TV Reception) of planning permission 119265/FO/2018
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CDN/18/0955 Granted
55 Portland Street Manchester M1 3HP
Discharge or partial discharge of Conditions 3 (contaminated land), 5a (LLA), 6 (CMP), 7 partial discharge (highway dilapidation survey) and 13 (SuDS) relating to Planning Permission 119265/FO/2018
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Nov 2015
Received by Manchester
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9 Feb 2016
Decision issued: Approved
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8 Oct 2026
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