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Land At Chandos Hall Between Echo Street, Granby Row, Vimto Gardens And Manchester South Junction And Altrincham Railway Viaduct Manchester M1 3QJ

Granted Manchester 118267/FO/2017 Full Application Consent

Works: Demolition Major scheme

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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Full planning permission for the demolition of existing buildings on site and their replacement with a mixed use (sui generis) development comprising 3 towers ranging in height (from 14, 20 and to 25 storeys (including lower ground floor level) and intermediary link buildings and providing: 403 units of Co-Living residential accommodation with associated shared amenity spaces; 94 units of purpose built student accommodation with associated shared amenity spaces; ground floor commercial floor space and children's day nursery together with cycle parking,recycling and refuse bin storage, associated plant and public realm enhancements to Granby Row, Echo Street, Cobourg Street and Back Acton Street

As published by the council, reference 118267/FO/2017

Application record

Reference
118267/FO/2017
Type
Full Application Consent
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
22 Nov 2017
Validated
22 Nov 2017
Decided
1 Jun 2018
Ward
Piccadilly Ward
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
M1 3QJ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 4 applications since 2017: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • 125537/JO/2019 Granted

    Land At Chandos Hall Between Echo Street, Granby Row, Vimto Gardens And Manchester, South Junction And Altrincham Railway Viaduct Manchester M1 3QJ

    Application to vary condition number 2 (Approved Plans) and 10 (Landscaping Drawings) to allow developmental changes to design, and amendments to conditions 6b (Construction Management Plan), 30 (Ecological Survey), 35a (Surface Water Drainage), 36a (Foul Water Drainage) and 39 (Bird and Bat Boxes) attached to planning permission 122732/JO/2019 to reflect previously agreed details and conditions that have been partially / fully discharged.

    Decided 10 Mar 2020 Amendments
  • CDN/18/0516 Granted

    Land At Chandos Hall Between Echo Street Granby Row Vimto Gardens And Manchester South Junction And Altrincham Railway Viaduct Manchester M1 3QJ

    Application to: Discharge conditions: 3; 9; 10; 11; 31; and 32 and Partially discharge conditions: 4; 5; 6; 8 and 12 attached to planning permission reference: 118267/FO/2017

    Decided 26 Jun 2019 Conditions
  • 120567/NMC/2018 Granted

    Land At Chandos Hall Between Echo Street, Granby Row, Vimto Gardens And Manchester South Junction And Altrincham Railway Viaduct Manchester M1 3QJ

    Application seeking amendments to the wordings of conditions 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 32 attached to application 118267/FO/2017

    Decided 1 Aug 2018 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Nov 2017

    Received by Manchester

  2. 1 Jun 2018

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 12 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

84 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 1 June 2018, 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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A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

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  • Land At Chandos Hall Manchester M1 3QJ

    CDN/20/0265 Submitted 30 Apr 2020 50 yards away

    Application to discharge Conditions 5 (Parts a, b, c, and d) and 29 (local labour agreement) attached to planning permission reference 125537/JO/2019.

    Granted Conditions 5 docs

  • Chandos Hall Granby Row Manchester M1 3QJ

    CDN/20/0043 Submitted 23 Jan 2020 50 yards away

    Application to discharge conditions 41 (Certificate of practical completion) to planning permission 122732/JO/2019

    Granted Conditions 6 docs

  • Echo Street Manchester M1 3QJ

    143854/AO/2025 Submitted 29 Aug 2025 50 yards away

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  • Chandos Hall Granby Row Manchester M1 3QJ

    122732/JO/2019 Submitted 19 Feb 2019 50 yards away

    Application to vary condition number 2 (approved drawings) to allow developmental changes to design, and remove / amend conditions: 3 (cleaning of contractors vehicles) , 4 Building materials / samples), 6 (Construction Management Plan), 8 (Secured by Design), 9 (Surface Water Drainage), 10 (Public Realm/ landscape works), 11 (Wind Mitigation Measures), 12 (Sustainable Drainage SuDS), 31 (protected species), 32 (fumes vapours and odours) and 34 (acoustic insulation) attached to planning permission 118267/FO/2017 to reflect previously agreed details and conditions that have been partially / fully discharged.

    Granted Amendments 86 docs

  • Echo Street Manchester M1 3QJ

    CDN/25/1086 Submitted 12 Nov 2025 50 yards away

    Discharge of conditions 6 (Materials) and 15 (bat and bird boxes) attached to planning permission 136874/FO/2023

    Granted Conditions 7 docs

  • Chandos Hall Granby Row Manchester M1 3QJ

    CDN/19/0617 Submitted 18 Jul 2019 50 yards away

    Full discharge of conditions 6(b) and 39 and partial discharge of conditions 35(a) and 36(a) attached to planning permission 122732/JO/2019

    Granted Conditions 20 docs

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