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Manchester Cathedral Victoria Street Manchester M3 1SX

Granted Manchester 128045/VO/2020 Regulation 3 Consent

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

Proposal

City Council Development - Public realm works to create a new public amenity space (Phases 1A, 1B and 1C) comprising the creation of a memorial feature to the Manchester Arena Attack, new entrance square in front of Manchester Cathedral (with potential use as events space), areas of new paving, amenity planting, raised lawns, tree planting, street furniture and lighting.

As published by the council, reference 128045/VO/2020

Application record

Reference
128045/VO/2020
Type
Regulation 3 Consent
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
21 Sep 2020
Validated
21 Sep 2020
Decided
22 Jan 2021
Ward
Deansgate Ward
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
M3 1SX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 4 applications since 2017: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • CDN/17/0242 Granted

    Manchester Cathedral Victoria Street Manchester M3 1SX

    Discharge of condition 3 attached to application ref no 114958/FO/2017

    Decided 18 May 2017 Conditions
  • 116187/AOH/2017 Granted

    Manchester Cathedral Victoria Street Manchester M3 1SX

    Erection of 25.5m x 20m temporary illuminated (14 x lighting units) open weave banner mesh advert on temporary access scaffold on Cathedral Tower for temporary 9 month period.

    Decided 29 Jun 2017 Advertising
  • 114958/FO/2017 Granted

    Manchester Cathedral Victoria Street Manchester M3 1SX

    Repairs to Cathedral tower fabric and replacement of the existing pitched slate roof on the tower with a new flat lead roof and erection of new replacement flagpole.

    Decided 29 Mar 2017 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Sep 2020

    Received by Manchester

  2. 22 Jan 2021

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Planit-ie LLP Agent

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Documents

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

58 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 22 January 2021, 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 less common application types

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

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