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Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

Granted Manchester 123827/AO/2019 Advertisement Consent

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

Proposal

Installation of on illuminated individual letter sign affixed to refurbished canopy and fascia branding to the building entrance

As published by the council, reference 123827/AO/2019

Application record

Reference
123827/AO/2019
Type
Advertisement Consent
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
21 Jun 2019
Validated
21 Jun 2019
Decided
4 Oct 2019
Ward
Ancoats & Beswick Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
M4 5DL

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 17 applications since 2017: 15 approved, 0 refused.

  • CDN/20/0356 Granted

    Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    Discharge of condition 9 (Travel Plan) attached to planning permission referenced 118001/FO/2017

    Decided 26 Jun 2020 Conditions
  • CDN/20/0161 Granted

    Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    Discharge of Condition 11 (Light to Great Ancoats Street) associated with listed building consent 118002/LO/2017

    Decided 17 Mar 2020 Conditions
  • CDN/20/0122 Split decision

    Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    Discharge of conditions 3 (local labour), 6 (noise), 7 (waste management), 9 (travel plan) and 10 (cycle storage) associated with planning permission 118001/FO/2017

    Decided 20 Mar 2020 Conditions
  • 123826/FO/2019 Granted

    Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    Creation of ancillary storage space to the offices within the basement following removal of car parking and cafe (Class A3) to ground floor together with elevational alterations including alerations to main entrance canopy, creation of external seating area to cafe and new boundary treatment to car park

    Decided 4 Oct 2019 Full applications
  • 122969/LO/2019 Granted

    Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    Listed Building Consent for the installation of internal partitions to the lower ground, ground and first floors

    Decided 7 May 2019 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 122791/NMC/2019 Granted

    Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    Non material amendment to planning permission referenced 121251/FO/2018 to allow the introduction of an additional window at first floor level to the Henry Street elevation

    Decided 25 Mar 2019 Amendments
  • 122682/LO/2019 Granted

    Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    Listed Building Consent for the refurbishment of the curtain wall facade and refurbishement and repair of the roof top apartment

    Decided 9 Apr 2019 Heritage and listed buildings
  • CDN/19/0054 Split decision

    Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    Discharge of listed building conditions 3 (materials), 4 (atrium and roof top extension), 5 (Great Ancoats Street Entrance), 6 (6th floor), 7 (staircase), 8 (M and E), 9 (concrete columns), 10 (internal plaster works) and 11 (light to Great Ancoats Street) attached to listed building consent 118002/LO/2017

    Decided 25 Apr 2019 Conditions
  • 121251/FO/2018 Granted

    Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    Remodelling of entrance and associated elevational alterations

    Decided 6 Dec 2018 Full applications
  • 121255/AO/2018 Granted

    Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    Installation of 2x externally illuminated individual letter building signs

    Decided 6 Dec 2018 Advertising

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Jun 2019

    Received by Manchester

  2. 4 Oct 2019

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Stephenson Studio Ltd Agent

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Documents

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

35 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 4 October 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 advertisement consent applications

Advertisement consent is judged on two things only: amenity and public safety, not competition or other planning considerations. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Part Of Basement Of Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    128827/FO/2020 Submitted 14 Dec 2020 50 yards away

    Creation of a gym (Use Class E) within basement area together with elevational alterations

    Granted Full applications 17 docs
  • Unit 1 Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    123620/LO/2019 Submitted 21 Jun 2019 50 yards away

    Listed Building Consent for internal refurbishment, elevational alterations and external works associated with the creation of ancillary basement storage area, ground floor cafe togerther with new fascia sign and alterations to the building entrance, car park and boundary treatment

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 38 docs
  • Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    123826/FO/2019 Submitted 21 Jun 2019 50 yards away

    Creation of ancillary storage space to the offices within the basement following removal of car parking and cafe (Class A3) to ground floor together with elevational alterations including alerations to main entrance canopy, creation of external seating area to cafe and new boundary treatment to car park

    Granted Full applications 35 docs
  • Unit 1 Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    CDN/20/0536 Submitted 19 Aug 2020 50 yards away

    Discharge condition 8 (M & E) associated with Listed Building Consent 123620/LO/2019

    Granted Conditions 18 docs
  • Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    122682/LO/2019 Submitted 13 Feb 2019 50 yards away

    Listed Building Consent for the refurbishment of the curtain wall facade and refurbishement and repair of the roof top apartment

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 16 docs
  • Unit 1 Express Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

    CDN/19/0891 Submitted 1 Nov 2019 50 yards away

    Discharge of condition 3 (internal strip out method statement) attached to Listed Building Consent 123620/LO/2019

    Granted Conditions 3 docs

In Manchester

  • PLA-2026-001775 Awaiting decision

    137 Oxford Road Manchester M1 7DY

    Installation of externally illuminated advertisement hoarding to scaffold for a temporary period of 11 months.

    Received 7 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Advertising
  • PLA-2026-001650 Awaiting decision

    Lidl 2 Stanley Grove Longsight Manchester M12 4AA

    Advertisement Consent for display of multiple non-illuminated ANPR advertisements.

    Received 6 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Advertising
  • PLA-2026-001872 Awaiting decision

    58 Old Church Street Manchester M40 2Jf

    Internally illuminated signage to ATM machine.

    Received 30 Sep, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Advertising
  • PLA-2026-001484 Granted

    KFC Unit 1 Monarch Leisure Park Lloyd Road Manchester M19 2RF

    Installation of replacement internally illuminated and non-illuminated signage

    Received 28 Aug, published by the council 12 Sep 2026 Advertising
  • PLA-2026-001151 Granted

    The Hive 47-51 Lever Street Manchester M1 1FN

    Installation of various illuminated and non-illuminated signage.

    Received 10 Aug, published by the council 17 Aug 2026 Advertising