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Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB

Granted Manchester 123626/LO/2019 Listed Building Consent

Works: Windows or glazing

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

Proposal

LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for a series of early works to prepare the Town Hall building for future refurbishment, including: a soft strip of modern additions, installation of temporary protection measures for items of significance that will remain in situ during refurbishment works, the removal of one number fire door and re-location to an appropriate testing facility for fire testing, the installation of secondary glazing to one number window to facilitate acoustic testing and works to facilitate the creation of three mock-up rooms that will be used as a quality control measure for the main refurbishment.

As published by the council, reference 123626/LO/2019

Application record

Reference
123626/LO/2019
Type
Listed Building Consent
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
17 May 2019
Validated
17 May 2019
Decided
22 Aug 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 69 applications since 2014: 54 approved, 0 refused.

  • PLA-2026-000026 Awaiting decision

    TOWN HALL, ALBERT SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 5DB

    Test Application

    Submitted 18 Sep 2026 Amendments
  • OTH-2026-000026 Granted

    TOWN HALL, ALBERT SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 5DB

    Test Application

    Submitted 18 Sep 2026 Amendments
  • OTH-2026-001620 Awaiting decision

    Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB

    Discharge of Conditions 6T (Finishes) and 11R (Internal Fit Out Works) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019.

    Submitted 8 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 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.

    Submitted 19 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 141103/TCA/2024 Granted

    Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB

    Works to trees - proposed pruning works to 4 London trees.

    Decided 3 Dec 2024 Trees
  • 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.

    Decided 19 Apr 2024 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 14 Mar 2024 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 13 Mar 2024 Conditions
  • 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

    Submitted 28 Jan 2021 Conditions
  • 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

    Decided 13 May 2022 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 May 2019

    Received by Manchester

  2. 22 Aug 2019

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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Deloitte LLP Agent

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Documents

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

89 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 22 August 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 heritage and listed building applications

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

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