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Merchant Exchange 17 - 19 Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5WG

Granted Manchester 126980/LE/2020 Certificate Lawful Development Existing

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Existing Use - Use of the ground and first floor unit for non-residential educational and training institution (Class D1)

As published by the council, reference 126980/LE/2020

Application record

Reference
126980/LE/2020
Type
Certificate Lawful Development Existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Approved
Received
22 May 2020
Validated
22 May 2020
Decided
7 Jul 2020
Ward
Deansgate Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
M1 5WG

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 May 2020

    Received by Manchester

  2. 7 Jul 2020

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 6 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, registered in Cobham

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Documents

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

15 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 7 July 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.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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