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
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT External and internal restoration, refurbishment and alteration works to the Grade I Listed Town Hall building, together with installation of new building lighting.
As published by the council, reference 125553/LO/2019
Application record
- Reference
- 125553/LO/2019
- Type
- Listed Building 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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