Planning application
Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of 2x externally illuminated individual letter building signs
As published by the council, reference 121255/AO/2018
Application record
- Reference
- 121255/AO/2018
- Type
- Advertisement Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 12 Oct 2018
- Validated
- 12 Oct 2018
- Decided
- 6 Dec 2018
- Ward
- Ancoats & Beswick Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M4 5DL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 17 applications since 2017: 15 approved, 0 refused.
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CDN/20/0356 Granted
Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Discharge of condition 9 (Travel Plan) attached to planning permission referenced 118001/FO/2017
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CDN/20/0161 Granted
Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Discharge of Condition 11 (Light to Great Ancoats Street) associated with listed building consent 118002/LO/2017
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CDN/20/0122 Split decision
Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Discharge of conditions 3 (local labour), 6 (noise), 7 (waste management), 9 (travel plan) and 10 (cycle storage) associated with planning permission 118001/FO/2017
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123827/AO/2019 Granted
Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Installation of on illuminated individual letter sign affixed to refurbished canopy and fascia branding to the building entrance
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123826/FO/2019 Granted
Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Creation of ancillary storage space to the offices within the basement following removal of car parking and cafe (Class A3) to ground floor together with elevational alterations including alerations to main entrance canopy, creation of external seating area to cafe and new boundary treatment to car park
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122969/LO/2019 Granted
Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Listed Building Consent for the installation of internal partitions to the lower ground, ground and first floors
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122791/NMC/2019 Granted
Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Non material amendment to planning permission referenced 121251/FO/2018 to allow the introduction of an additional window at first floor level to the Henry Street elevation
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122682/LO/2019 Granted
Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Listed Building Consent for the refurbishment of the curtain wall facade and refurbishement and repair of the roof top apartment
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CDN/19/0054 Split decision
Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Discharge of listed building conditions 3 (materials), 4 (atrium and roof top extension), 5 (Great Ancoats Street Entrance), 6 (6th floor), 7 (staircase), 8 (M and E), 9 (concrete columns), 10 (internal plaster works) and 11 (light to Great Ancoats Street) attached to listed building consent 118002/LO/2017
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121251/FO/2018 Granted
Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Remodelling of entrance and associated elevational alterations
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Oct 2018
Received by Manchester
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6 Dec 2018
Decision issued: Approved
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13 Aug 2026
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Stephenson Studio Ltd Agent
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Manchester granted permission on 6 December 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.
About advertisement consent applications
Advertisement consent is judged on two things only: amenity and public safety, not competition or other planning considerations. More in our guide to planning application types.
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