Planning application
Ashton House Corporation Street Manchester M4 4DU
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
- 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.
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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)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Oct 2018
Received by Manchester
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29 Sep 2023
Decision issued: Approved
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13 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
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Agent on file, an architecture practice
8 applications on PlanIndex
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79 documents on file for this application
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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.
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