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Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT

Granted Manchester 113713/FO/2016 Full Application Consent

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.

  • 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)

    Decided 14 Aug 2019 Conditions
  • 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

    Decided 13 Aug 2019 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 26 Apr 2019 Amendments
  • 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

    Decided 29 Jul 2019 Conditions
  • 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)

    Decided 9 Aug 2019 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 12 Mar 2018 Amendments
  • 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.

    Decided 23 Aug 2016 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Aug 2016

    Received by Manchester

  2. 16 Dec 2016

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 28 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Paul Butler Associates Ltd Agent, registered in Manchester

Active · incorporated 1997 · Manchester

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Documents

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

123 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 16 December 2016, 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 full applications

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Nearby applications

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  • Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT

    111389/FO/2016/C2 Submitted 14 Apr 2016 50 yards away

    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.

    Withdrawn Full applications New dwelling Demolition 88 docs
  • Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT

    123173/NMC/2019 Submitted 29 Mar 2019 50 yards away

    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.

    Granted Amendments 21 docs
    Domestic
  • Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT

    CDN/19/0002 Submitted 2 Jan 2019 50 yards away

    Discharge of conditions 4 (Materials) and 9 (Contaminated Land) attached to application ref no 113713/FO/2016 (as amended by 119143/NMC/2018)

    Granted Conditions 9 docs
  • Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT

    CDN/19/0126 Submitted 13 Feb 2019 50 yards away

    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

    Granted Conditions 58 docs
  • Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT

    119143/NMC/2018 Submitted 14 Feb 2018 50 yards away

    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.

    Granted Amendments New dwelling 35 docs
  • Red Lion Street / 2 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT

    CDN/19/0327 Submitted 16 Apr 2019 50 yards away

    Discharge of condition 6 (CMP), 7 (Wheels), 8 (Emergency Number) and 15 (Local Labour Agreement) attached to application ref no 113713/FO/2016

    Granted Conditions 12 docs

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