Planning application
Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT
Works: New dwelling Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Erection of 3, 5, 7 and 8 and 11 storey building to comprise 38 residential apartments (Class C3) (12 no 1 bedroom units , 25 no 2 bedroom units and 1 no. 3 bedroom unit) above ground floor commercial space (Use Class A1 (Shop), A2 (Financial and Professional Services), A3 (Restaurant and Cafe) and B1 (Office)) with retention and restoration of facade to no. 2 Union Street following demolition of the rear of the building and provision of associated cycle parking, landscaping and ancillary works
As published by the council, reference 113713/FO/2016
Application record
- Reference
- 113713/FO/2016
- Type
- Full Application Consent
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 24 Aug 2016
- Validated
- 24 Aug 2016
- Decided
- 16 Dec 2016
- Ward
- City Centre Ward (2004)
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- M4 1PT
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 8 applications since 2016: 7 approved, 0 refused.
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CDN/19/0640 Granted
Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT
Discharge of condition 2 (Contract) attached to application ref no 113713/FO/2016 (as amended by application ref no 119143/NMC/2018)
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CDN/19/0327 Granted
Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT
Discharge of condition 6 (CMP), 7 (Wheels), 8 (Emergency Number) and 15 (Local Labour Agreement) attached to application ref no 113713/FO/2016
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123173/NMC/2019 Granted
Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT
Non material amendment to application ref no 113713 (as amended by application ref no 119143) to include amendments to apartment layouts, reinstatement of 1 apartment (removed under 119143- total increase from 37 to 38 approved under 119143) repositioning of basement walls for construction purposes and reduction of basement footprint, setting back of accommodation from 25-27 Church Street.
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CDN/19/0126 Granted
Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT
Discharge of conditions 5 (Details), 10 (SECBD), 11 (Surface Water), 12 (Archaeology), 13 (SUDS1), 14 (SUDS 2) and 19 (Noise) attached to application ref no 113713/FO/2016
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CDN/19/0002 Granted
Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT
Discharge of conditions 4 (Materials) and 9 (Contaminated Land) attached to application ref no 113713/FO/2016 (as amended by 119143/NMC/2018)
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119143/NMC/2018 Granted
Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT
Non material amendment to application ref no 113713 comprising amendments to layout of the residential accommodation with overall reduction in apartment numbers from 38 to 37 (12 no x 1 bedroomed apartments [32.4%] and 25 no. x 2 bedroom apartments [67.6%]), relocation of basement away from 2-4 Union Street increase in size of bin and bike stores along with various small operational improvements including adjustments to internal circulation arrangements and provision of DDA access to Commercial Unit C.
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111389/FO/2016/C2 Withdrawn
Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT
Erection of 7 to 10 storey building to comprise 40 residential apartments (Class C3) (3 x 1 bed, 31x 2 bed and 6 x 3 bed) above ground floor commercial space (Use Class A1 (Shop), A2 (Financial and Professional Services), A3 (Restaurant and Cafe) and B1 (Office)) with retention and restoration of facade to no. 2 Union Street following demolition of the rear of the building and provision of associated cycle parking, landscaping and ancillary works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Aug 2016
Received by Manchester
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16 Dec 2016
Decision issued: Approved
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28 Sep 2026
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