Planning application
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Proposed pruning works to 7 lime trees within Albert Square, incorporating a crown lift to 3.5m, removing small twiggy growth only and retaining all larger structural branches
As published by the council, reference 123523/TCA/2019
Application record
- Reference
- 123523/TCA/2019
- Type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 7 May 2019
- Validated
- 7 May 2019
- Decided
- 22 May 2019
- Ward
- Deansgate Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M2 5DB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 65 applications since 2018: 51 approved, 0 refused.
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OTH-2026-001396 Awaiting decision
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Discharge of Condition 11J (Kitchen Details) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019.
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PLA-2026-000026 Awaiting decision
TOWN HALL, ALBERT SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 5DB
Test Application
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OTH-2026-000026 Granted
TOWN HALL, ALBERT SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 5DB
Test Application
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141103/TCA/2024 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Works to trees - proposed pruning works to 4 London trees.
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CDN/21/0170 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of condition 5a (Storage and Reuse) attached to planning permission 125553/LO/2019 to agree the Retention and Disposal Policy.
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CDN/21/0253 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
The partial discharge of conditions 4 (Protection) Part a), 7 (Method Statements) Part a), 8 (Structure Works) Part a), and 10 (Repairs) Part a) of application referenced: 125553/LO/2019 in relation to mosaics works comprising lower ground floor structural works and temporary ground floor works.
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CDN/21/0157 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Application for the partial discharge of conditions 4a (Protection), 5a (Storage and Reuse), 7a (Method Statements), 8a (Structural Works) and 10a (Repairs) attached to Listed Building Consent Ref. 125553/LO/2019 in relation to the re-location of the Dalton and Joule statues within the building.
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CDN/21/0097 Awaiting decision
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Partial discharge of condition 8 (Structural Works) attached to application referenced 125553/LO/2019 in relation to structural works to the Lower Ground Floor of the building
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CDN/20/0734 Withdrawn
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of Condition 6 (Full and Final Details) Part P and 11 (Full and Final Details) Part O attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019, relating to construction of the lift pit on the Lower Ground Floor
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CDN/20/0722 Awaiting decision
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of Conditions 7 (Method Statements) Part a), 8 (Structural Works) Part a) and 11 (Full and Final Details Part 2) Part q) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019, in relation to works associated with alterations to building fabric on the Lower Ground Floor of the Town Hall building, including the removal of the Princess Street core staircase and the creation of new openings within the listed fabric to form new rooms.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 May 2019
Received by Manchester
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22 May 2019
Decision issued: No Objection
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Manchester granted permission on 22 May 2019, 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 tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of Condition 7 Parts a and b (Method Statements) of application referenced 125553/LO/2019 in order to enable the demolition of elements of the link bridge and allow a further structural investigation on completion of the demolition works
Granted Conditions Demolition 7 docs -
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
90% historically approved · decision due ~5 Jan
Part discharge of Conditions 7 (Method Statements) Part a), 8 (Structural Works) Part a) and 11 (Full and Final Details Part 2) Part q) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019, in relation to works associated with alterations to building fabric on the Lower Ground Floor of the Town Hall building, including the removal of the Princess Street core staircase and the creation of new openings within the listed fabric to form new rooms.
Awaiting decision Conditions 59 docs -
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of Condition 5 (Storage and Reuse) Part a) (i) of application referenced 125553/LO/2019 relating to the removal of fireplaces
Granted Conditions 15 docs -
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of Condition 11 (Full and Final Details Part 2) Part a) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019 in relation to refurbishment details of the internal heritage light fittings.
Granted Conditions 5 docs -
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for Internal and external intrusive surveys to the Grade I Listed Old Town Hall in order to inform the Our Town Hall Project to include intrusive survey works within Albert Square adjacent to the Grade II Listed Frasers Statue, the Grade II Listed Jubilee Fountain, the Grade II Listed Brights Statue, the Grade I Listed Albert Memorial, the Grade II Listed Heywoods Statue and the Grade II Listed Gladstones statue.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings 105 docs -
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
90% historically approved · decision due ~11 May
Application to discharge Condition 4 (Final Decorative Scheme) attached to listed building consent reference 123626/LO/2019 .
Awaiting decision Conditions 4 docs
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OTH-2026-001368 Awaiting decision
6 Oak Road Manchester M20 3DA
Works to trees - proposed pruning works to T1 T2 T3 T4 - lime trees running down the side of the property, incorporating proposed crown lift lower branches to 5 metres back to previous pruning points.
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NOT-2026-001470 Awaiting decision
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