Planning application
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT Restoration and refurbishment of Manchester Town Hall to facilitate its continued use as the primary civic building in Manchester, incorporating Council offices, civic spaces, Coroner's Courts and accommodation, state rooms and back-of-house support functions, together with ancillary functions, including events, visitor tours, cafe, visitor space and retail area (Sui Generis Use); works to include: revised entrance arrangements including new slopes to Albert Square and Cooper Street entrances; upgrade of catering facilities; roof works; new services, plant and equipment; installation of new building lighting; and associated works.
As published by the council, reference 125552/VO/2019
Application record
- Reference
- 125552/VO/2019
- Type
- Regulation 3 Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 25 Nov 2019
- Validated
- 25 Nov 2019
- Decided
- 23 Jan 2020
- Ward
- Deansgate Ward
- Decision by
- Committee 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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25 Nov 2019
Received by Manchester
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23 Jan 2020
Decision issued: Approved
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6 Aug 2026
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Discharge of Conditions 5 (Bats) and Condition 12 (Bats - Regulation 55) of application referenced: 125552/VO/2019
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LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for the erection of temporary scaffolding to the Albert Square and Cooper Street elevations of the Town Hall for a period of five years to facilitate refurbishment works, including installation of new fixings within the listed fabric to tie the scaffolding.
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Discharge of Condition 3 (Archaeology) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019.
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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.
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LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for works to facilitate targeted due diligence surveys within the Town Hall Building.
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Part discharge of Conditions 11 Part f (Full and Final Details Part 2 - The Design of the New Link Bridges) 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
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