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St. Anns Square And Exchange Street Manchester

Granted Manchester 121361/VO/2018 Regulation 3 Consent

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

Proposal

City Council Development for the temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market from 9 November 2018 to 21 December 2018

As published by the council, reference 121361/VO/2018

Application record

Reference
121361/VO/2018
Type
Regulation 3 Consent
Status
Decided
Decision
Temporarily Approved
Received
24 Sep 2018
Validated
24 Sep 2018
Decided
19 Nov 2018
Ward
Deansgate Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 3 applications since 2018: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 140953/VO/2024 Granted

    St Anns Square And Exchange Street Manchester

    City Council Development - Creation of Christmas Markets and associated infrastructure for a period of 45 days.

    Decided 6 Nov 2024 Full applications
  • 125162/VO/2019 Granted

    St Anns Square And Exchange Street Manchester

    CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT for temporary change of use of public for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 43 days.

    Decided 23 Dec 2019 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Sep 2018

    Received by Manchester

  2. 19 Nov 2018

    Decision issued: Temporarily Approved

  3. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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Documents

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11 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 19 November 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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  • St Anns Square And Exchange Street Manchester

    125162/VO/2019 Submitted 28 Oct 2019 2m away

    CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT for temporary change of use of public for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 43 days.

    Granted Full applications 9 docs

  • St Ann's Square & Exchange Street Manchester

    143900/VO/2025 Submitted 4 Sep 2025 4m away

    City Council Development for the temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 46 days.

    Granted Other 7 docs

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  • 6 St Anns Arcade St Anns Square Manchester M2 7HN

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    124719/FO/2019 Submitted 17 Oct 2019 30m away

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    Deemed application following ground (a) appeal against Enforcement Notice served under reference ENF/15474/22 for the erection of an external staircase (including landing platform), the replacement of a window with a door together with the installation of a canopy over and the formation and installation of a new window at first floor level to the rear (appeal ref APP/B4215/C/26/3377718)

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