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 Planning permission and Listed building consent for minor internal and external alterations to the basement level of the Town Hall associated with connections to the Manchester Civic Quarter Heat Network.
As published by the council, reference 126801/VO/2020
Application record
- Reference
- 126801/VO/2020
- Type
- Regulation 3 Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 27 Apr 2020
- Validated
- 27 Apr 2020
- Decided
- 22 Jun 2020
- 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.
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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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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.
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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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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Apr 2020
Received by Manchester
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22 Jun 2020
Decision issued: Approved
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6 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Manchester granted permission on 22 June 2020, 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.
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