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Land To The Rear Of The Students Union Including The Car Park And Higher Chatham Street Manchester

Granted Manchester 121487/FO/2018 Full Application Consent

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

Proposal

Erection of 5 storey digital arts building (Use Class D1) with enclosed roof-top plant and integrated LED light wall to provide digital innovation laboratories, media exhibition space, seminar rooms, studios, production suites and office accommodation together with associated storage, WCs, mechanical plant, operational floorspace, service access and hard and soft landscaping. 17 car parking spaces to be lost with 2 fully accessible spaces being relocated on-street.

As published by the council, reference 121487/FO/2018

Application record

Reference
121487/FO/2018
Type
Full Application Consent
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
19 Oct 2018
Validated
19 Oct 2018
Decided
14 Dec 2018
Ward
Hulme Ward
Decision by
Committee Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 5 applications since 2018: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • CDN/21/0412 Granted

    Land To The Rear Of The Students Union Including The Car Park And Higher Chatham Street Manchester

    Discharge of Condition 8 (Secured by Design) of application 125565/JO/2019

    Decided 15 Oct 2021 Conditions
  • CDN/21/0370 Granted

    Land To The Rear Of The Students Union Including The Car Park And Higher Chatham Street Manchester

    Application to discharge conditions 5 (travel plan), 9 (Management of the Sustainable Drainage Scheme) and 16 (Public Realm Maintenance Strategy) attached to planning permission refernce 125565/JO/2019.

    Decided 15 Oct 2021 Conditions
  • CHR/0026 Granted

    Land To The Rear Of The Students Union Including The Car Park And Higher Chatham Street Manchester

    Request for temporary revised construction activity working hours in relation to planning permission 121487/FO/2018 comprising Monday - Friday 06:00 to 22:00, Saturday 07:30 to 18:00 and Sunday 08:30 to 16:00hrs

    Decided 19 Aug 2020
  • CHR/0017 Granted

    Land To The Rear Of The Students Union Including The Car Park And Higher Chatham Street Manchester

    Request for temporary revised construction activity working hours in relation to planning permission 121487/FO/2018 comprising: Monday to Friday 06:00 to 22:00hrs; Saturday 08:30 to 18:00hrs and Sunday 08:30 to 16:00hrs

    Decided 7 Jul 2020

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Oct 2018

    Received by Manchester

  2. 14 Dec 2018

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Barton Willmore LLP Agent

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Documents

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46 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 14 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.

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