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Ashton House Corporation Street Manchester M4 4DU

Granted Manchester 120498/LO/2018 Listed Building Consent

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for the reconfiguration of the basement and ground floor involving removal of existing basement wall and ground floor walls and the insertion of new walls and doors associated with the conversion of the basement and ground floor for use as backpackers accommodation.

As published by the council, reference 120498/LO/2018

Application record

Reference
120498/LO/2018
Type
Listed Building Consent
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
22 Oct 2018
Validated
22 Oct 2018
Decided
29 Sep 2023
Ward
Piccadilly Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
M4 4DU

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 2 applications since 2018: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 121230/FO/2018 Decided

    Ashton House Corporation Street Manchester M4 4DU

    Conversion of basement from three 12 no. backpackers bed dormitories with communal facilities to 10 no. self-contained backpacker flats together with conversion of ground floor from 16 no. backpacker bedrooms with communal facilities to 10 no self-contained backpacker flats in association with existing backpackers hostel (Sui Generis)

    Decided 7 Feb 2019 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Oct 2018

    Received by Manchester

  2. 29 Sep 2023

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Richard Drinkwater Architects Agent, an architecture practice

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Documents

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

79 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 29 September 2023, 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 heritage and listed building applications

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • Ashton House Corporation Street Manchester M4 4DU

    121230/FO/2018 Submitted 19 Oct 2018 50 yards away

    Conversion of basement from three 12 no. backpackers bed dormitories with communal facilities to 10 no. self-contained backpacker flats together with conversion of ground floor from 16 no. backpacker bedrooms with communal facilities to 10 no self-contained backpacker flats in association with existing backpackers hostel (Sui Generis)

    Decided Full applications New dwelling 8 docs

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