Planning application
Former School Buildings Barrass Street Manchester M11 1WP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of former school (Class D1) to a mixed use facility involving: the formation of artists studios, exhibition and performance space, dance studios and creative workshops following the partitioning of internal rooms (Sui Generis use); laying out of external car parking area and retained residential use of former caretakers house (Class C3)
As published by the council, reference 115685/FO/2017
Application record
- Reference
- 115685/FO/2017
- Type
- Full Application Consent
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 21 Mar 2017
- Validated
- 21 Mar 2017
- Decided
- 28 Apr 2017
- Ward
- Bradford Ward (2004)
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- M11 1WP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 4 applications since 2017: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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CDN/17/0693 Status unknown
Former School Buildings Barrass Street Manchester M11 1WP
Discharge of conditions 4 (building and site management), 14 (waste management) and 18 (bin storage) relating to planning application 115685/FO/2017.
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118074/JO/2017 Status unknown
Former School Buildings Barrass Street Manchester M11 1WP
Variation of Condition No. 12 attached to planning approval 115685/FO/2017 to allow the overspill car parking area to not be formally demarcated
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115686/LO/2017 Granted
Former School Buildings Barrass Street Manchester M11 1WP
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT relating to works in connection with change of use of former school (Class D1) to a mixed use facility involving: the formation of artists studios, exhibition and performance space, dance studios and creative workshops following the partitioning of internal rooms (Sui Generis use); laying out of external car parking area and retained residential use of former caretakers house (Class C3)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Mar 2017
Received by Manchester
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28 Apr 2017
Decision issued: Approved
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13 Sep 2026
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Who's behind it
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Leighton Architects Agent, an architecture practice
29 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 96% granted
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Manchester granted permission on 28 April 2017, 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.
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