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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
Granted As published: 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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Manchester City Council Agent

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Documents

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

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.

About less common application types

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    125162/VO/2019 Submitted 28 Oct 2019 50 yards 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

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