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1-5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

Granted Manchester 117054/FO/2017 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 a 30 storey building to form 573 student apartments (Use Class Sui Generis) with associated basement, ground and first floor commercial unit (use class A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 and D1) (454 sqm) following demolition of existing buildings and other associated works

As published by the council, reference 117054/FO/2017

Application record

Reference
117054/FO/2017
Type
Full Application Consent
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
20 Jul 2017
Validated
20 Jul 2017
Decided
22 Dec 2017
Ward
City Centre Ward (2004)
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
M1 5NP

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 9 applications since 2017: 9 approved, 0 refused.

  • CDN/20/0385 Granted

    1-5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    Discharge of planning conditions 3 (Construction Management Plan), 4 (Materials) and 5 (Ecology) associated with planning permission 124461/FO/2019

    Decided 6 Aug 2020 Conditions
  • CDN/20/0334 Granted

    1 - 5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    Discharge of planning conditions 8 (b) (ground conditions verification report), 11 (boundary treatment), 14 (a) (Landscaping), 15 (a) (Plant), 16 (commercial unit noise), 17 (a) (student accommodation noise), 18 (waste), 21 (lighting), 32 (servicing strategy), 33 (highway works), 36 (bird and bat boxes) and 37 (disabled parking) associated with planning permission 119380/FO/2018 (as amended by 125288/NMC/2019)

    Decided 6 Aug 2020 Conditions
  • 124461/FO/2019 Granted

    1 - 5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    Installation of a gantry to the southern elevation

    Decided 8 Oct 2019 Full applications
  • CDN/18/0354 Granted

    1-5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    Discharge of condition 35 (a) (local labour) of planning permission 118839/JO/2018

    Decided 4 Jun 2018 Conditions
  • CDN/18/0338 Granted

    1-5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    Discharge of condition 8 (a) (ground conditions) associated with planning permission 118839/JO/2018

    Decided 27 Jun 2018 Conditions
  • CDN/18/0295 Granted

    1 - 5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    Discharge of planning condition 9 (a and b) (construction management) of planning permission 118839/JO/2018

    Decided 17 May 2018 Conditions
  • 119380/FO/2018 Granted

    1-5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    Erection of a 32 storey building to form 603 student apartments (Use Class Sui Generis) with associated ground and first floor commercial unit (use class A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 and D1) (232 sqm) following demolition of existing buildings and other associated works

    Decided 3 Aug 2018 Full applications
  • 118839/JO/2018 Granted

    1 - 5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    Variation to planning conditions 2, 14, 16, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30 and removal of planning conditions 32, 38 and 39 of planning permission 117054/FO/2017 to allow for alternations to basement and ground floor including removal of car parking, relocation of bin store, alteration to size of commercial unit, relocation of the cycle store, relocating of pedestrian entrance together with associated elevational alterations and other works

    Decided 26 Mar 2018 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Jul 2017

    Received by Manchester

  2. 22 Dec 2017

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 12 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

53 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 22 December 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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Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 1-5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    119380/FO/2018 Submitted 23 Mar 2018 50 yards away

    Erection of a 32 storey building to form 603 student apartments (Use Class Sui Generis) with associated ground and first floor commercial unit (use class A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 and D1) (232 sqm) following demolition of existing buildings and other associated works

    Granted Full applications New dwelling Demolition 55 docs

  • New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    CDN/18/0896 Submitted 28 Nov 2018 50 yards away

    Discharge of planning conditions 8 (a) (ground conditions verification) and 10 (b) (materials programme) associated with planning permisison 119380/FO/2018

    Granted Conditions 9 docs

  • 1 - 5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    CDN/20/0334 Submitted 22 May 2020 50 yards away

    Discharge of planning conditions 8 (b) (ground conditions verification report), 11 (boundary treatment), 14 (a) (Landscaping), 15 (a) (Plant), 16 (commercial unit noise), 17 (a) (student accommodation noise), 18 (waste), 21 (lighting), 32 (servicing strategy), 33 (highway works), 36 (bird and bat boxes) and 37 (disabled parking) associated with planning permission 119380/FO/2018 (as amended by 125288/NMC/2019)

    Granted Conditions 23 docs

  • 3-5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    125288/NMC/2019 Submitted 28 Oct 2019 50 yards away

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 119380/FO/2018 to allow for elevational alterations to the building

    Granted Amendments 14 docs

  • New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    CDN/18/0604 Submitted 10 Aug 2018 50 yards away

    Discharge of planning condition 4 (drainage), 6 (foul and surface water), 7 (archaeology) and 9 (construction management plan) associated with planning permission 119380/FO/2018

    Split decision Conditions 16 docs

  • 1 - 5 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

    118839/JO/2018 Submitted 17 Jan 2018 50 yards away

    Variation to planning conditions 2, 14, 16, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30 and removal of planning conditions 32, 38 and 39 of planning permission 117054/FO/2017 to allow for alternations to basement and ground floor including removal of car parking, relocation of bin store, alteration to size of commercial unit, relocation of the cycle store, relocating of pedestrian entrance together with associated elevational alterations and other works

    Granted Amendments 14 docs

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