Planning application
Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Retain a temporary storage building sited on the rear service area at Manchester Central for a period of three years.
As published by the council, reference 117746/FO/2017
Application record
- Reference
- 117746/FO/2017
- Type
- Full Application Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Temporarily Approved
- Received
- 12 Jan 2018
- Validated
- 12 Jan 2018
- Decided
- 8 Mar 2018
- Ward
- City Centre Ward (2004)
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M2 3GX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 26 applications since 2018: 24 approved, 0 refused.
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PLA-2026-000478 Awaiting decision
Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
Listed building consent for the installation of PV panels on flat roof.
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PLA-2026-000263 Awaiting decision
Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
Proposed installation of roof mounted PV panels.
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145186/AO/2026 Granted
Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
Amendments to 2no. existing digital advertisement boards.
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CDN/24/0784 Granted
Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
Discharge of Conditions 6 (CIS), 7 (Cycle Parking), 9b (Noise 1 - the use),10a and b (Fumes, Vapours and Odours), and 11b (Noise 6 - Equipment) attached to Planning Permission 137413/FO/2023.
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127191/LO/2020 Granted
Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
Relocation of previously approved charter riser and alterations to pipe work layout at Manchester Central in connection with Manchester Civic Quarter Heat Network
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126974/LO/2020 Granted
Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for temporary works undertaken at the Manchester Central Convention Complex (former G-MEX) to facilitate a temporary building use as a surge hospital in an emergency response to the Covid-19 pandemic - the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West project.
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126272/LO/2020 Granted
Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT Repainting of gable end structure of Manchester Central Convention Hall
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126271/FO/2020 Granted
Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
Repainting of gable end structure of Manchester Central Convention Hall
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125978/VO/2020 Granted
Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT Installation of infill panels to 3 no. arches at Manchester Central in connection with Manchester Civic Quarter Heat Network
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125979/LO/2020 Granted
Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for the installation of infill panels to 3 no. arches at Manchester Central in connection with Manchester Civic Quarter Heat Network
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Jan 2018
Received by Manchester
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8 Mar 2018
Decision issued: Temporarily Approved
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30 Aug 2026
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Agent on file, an architecture practice registered in Wilmslow
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Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for the retention of a temporary storage building sited on the rear service area at Manchester Central Convention Complex for a period of three years.
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Variation of planning conditions 2, 3, 21, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36 and 38 of planning permission 115871/FO/2017 (amended by 126604/NMC/2020) to allow for a reduction in overall height of the building by 2.5 metres, changes to the number and type of structural interventions into the listed arches, modification and alteration to the bridge over Great Bridgewater Street, alterations to the ground floor layout including enlargement of residents lobby together with re-location of the cycle store and reduction in car parking, alterations to the upper floor layout to remove 3 bedroom apartments and elevational alterations to main facade of the residential tower to modify the fin arrangement together with alteration to the podium with the introduction of perforated panels.
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