Planning application
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Works to trees - proposed pruning works to 7 Lime tree (T1 - T7)
As published by the council, reference 115975/TCA/2017
Application record
- Reference
- 115975/TCA/2017
- Type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 12 Apr 2017
- Validated
- 12 Apr 2017
- Decided
- 25 Apr 2017
- Ward
- City Centre Ward (2004)
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M2 5DB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 66 applications since 2017: 52 approved, 0 refused.
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OTH-2026-001396 Awaiting decision
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Discharge of Condition 11J (Kitchen Details) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019.
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PLA-2026-000026 Awaiting decision
TOWN HALL, ALBERT SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 5DB
Test Application
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OTH-2026-000026 Granted
TOWN HALL, ALBERT SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 5DB
Test Application
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141103/TCA/2024 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Works to trees - proposed pruning works to 4 London trees.
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CDN/21/0170 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of condition 5a (Storage and Reuse) attached to planning permission 125553/LO/2019 to agree the Retention and Disposal Policy.
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CDN/21/0253 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
The partial discharge of conditions 4 (Protection) Part a), 7 (Method Statements) Part a), 8 (Structure Works) Part a), and 10 (Repairs) Part a) of application referenced: 125553/LO/2019 in relation to mosaics works comprising lower ground floor structural works and temporary ground floor works.
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CDN/21/0157 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Application for the partial discharge of conditions 4a (Protection), 5a (Storage and Reuse), 7a (Method Statements), 8a (Structural Works) and 10a (Repairs) attached to Listed Building Consent Ref. 125553/LO/2019 in relation to the re-location of the Dalton and Joule statues within the building.
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CDN/21/0097 Awaiting decision
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Partial discharge of condition 8 (Structural Works) attached to application referenced 125553/LO/2019 in relation to structural works to the Lower Ground Floor of the building
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CDN/20/0734 Withdrawn
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of Condition 6 (Full and Final Details) Part P and 11 (Full and Final Details) Part O attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019, relating to construction of the lift pit on the Lower Ground Floor
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CDN/20/0722 Awaiting decision
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of Conditions 7 (Method Statements) Part a), 8 (Structural Works) Part a) and 11 (Full and Final Details Part 2) Part q) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019, in relation to works associated with alterations to building fabric on the Lower Ground Floor of the Town Hall building, including the removal of the Princess Street core staircase and the creation of new openings within the listed fabric to form new rooms.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Apr 2017
Received by Manchester
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25 Apr 2017
Decision issued: No Objection
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13 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Manchester granted permission on 25 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.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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In Manchester
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OTH-2026-001094 Granted
Greygarth 1 Lower Park Road Manchester M14 5RS
Works to trees - T001 Lime tree - proposed fell; G001 Deadwood ash; 3x sycamore, field maple; 3x pine; 3x lime; 2 x ash; Crown reduce lime from wires; Crown reduce white beam from wires and deadwood; Crown reduce Leyland cypress from wires.
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OTH-2026-001077 Granted
Basement Scotscroft Towers Business Park Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 2RY
Works to trees - G1/2 Maple remove major deadwood ; G1/3 Chestnut fell to a low stump (crown die back); G1/4 Chestnut fell to a low stump( crown die back); G10/51 Sycamore fell to a low stump (crown die back); G9 trees at the back of 456 and 454 Parrs Wood Road remove major deadwood.
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NOT-2026-001205 Granted
23 Brookfield Grove Manchester M18 7FD
Works to trees - proposed pruning works to T1 Oak and T2 Oak.
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OTH-2026-001169 Granted
20 Birch Polygon Manchester M14 5HX
T1 - proposed pruning works to Lime tree
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NOT-2026-001259 Granted
28 College Road Manchester M16 8FH
Works to trees - proposed removal of 4 self seeded Sycamore trees in the rear garden.