Planning application
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Erection of a 6 to 9 storey building for Sci-Tech use (Use Class E (g)(ii)) and 265sqm of a cafe/bar (Use Class E (b)), and a 9 to 23 storey building for Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) (Use Sui Generis), comprising 737 bedrooms and 293sqm of community use (Use Class F2 (b)) and 80sqm of commercial floorspace (Use Class E), alongside new public realm, access, parking, and associated works following demolition of existing buildings
As published by the council, reference 137399/FO/2023
Application record
- Reference
- 137399/FO/2023
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Final
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 11 Jul 2023
- Validated
- 4 Aug 2023
- Decided
- 29 Nov 2024
- Ward
- Ardwick
- Decision by
- Committee
- Postcode
- M13 9TD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 11 applications since 2023: 9 approved, 0 refused.
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OTH-2026-000614 Awaiting decision
Land bounded by Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Discharge of Condition 9 (Materials) in relation to Planning Permission 137399/FO/2023.
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CDN/26/0171 Granted
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Discharge of Condition 64 (Fume extraction Sci Tech Building) attached to planning permission 137399/FO/2023 as amended by 143909/NMC/2025.
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CDN/26/0132 Granted
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Discharge of Condition 65 (Guard Rail) attached to Planning Permission 137399/FO/2023.
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CDN/25/1132 Granted
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Discharge of condition 61 (Flood Mitigation) attached to planning permission 137399/FO/2023 for the life scieneces only
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CDN/25/0981 Granted
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Discharge of condition 8(a) (Local Labour) attached to planning application ref no 137399/FO/2023.
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CDN/25/0938 Split decision
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Discharge conditions 22a (Acoustic Insulation Non residential areas), 23a (acoustic insulation PBSA), 25 (Waste), 38 (accessible bedrooms), 52b (BNG), 57 (Wind) and 63 (Landscaping between phases) pursuant to permission 137399/FO/2023 relating to the PBSA phase only.
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143909/NMC/2025 Granted
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Non-Material Amendments to Planning Permission 137399/FO/2023 to reconfigure the internal layout, elevational alterations and updates to the landscaping
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CDN/25/0739 Granted
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Discharge of Conditions 7 (CMP), 8a (Local Labour), 9 (Materials), 11 (Ground Conditions), 14 (Invasive Species) and 61 (Flood Mitigation) attached to planning permission 137399/FO/2023 for the PBSA phase only
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143469/JO/2025 Granted
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Variation to condition 30 (Use of Building) attached to planning permission 143450/JO/2025 to allow use of building outside of term time
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143450/JO/2025 Granted
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Variation of planning conditions 2, 5 and 19 attached to planning permission 137399/FO/2023 to remove tree T21
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Jul 2023
Received by Manchester
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4 Aug 2023
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Nov 2024
Decision issued: Approve
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13 Aug 2026
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Agent on file, registered in Ashton-Under-Lyne
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Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Discharge of Conditions 7 (CMP), 8a (Local Labour), 9 (Materials), 11 (Ground Conditions), 14 (Invasive Species) and 61 (Flood Mitigation) attached to planning permission 137399/FO/2023 for the PBSA phase only
Granted Conditions 104 docs -
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street Cottenham Street And Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Discharge of conditions 57 (wind) and 63 (landscape between boundaries) attached to planning permission 137399/FO/2023 (for the Life Sciences only)
Granted Conditions 6 docs -
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Non-Material Amendments to Planning Permission 137399/FO/2023 to reconfigure the internal layout, elevational alterations and updates to the landscaping
Granted Amendments 27 docs -
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester
Non-Material Amendments to amend the wording on the trigger of Condition 9 (Materials) attached to Planning Permission 137399/FO/2023.
Granted Amendments 6 docs -
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Discharge of condition 8(a) (Local Labour) attached to planning application ref no 137399/FO/2023.
Granted Conditions 4 docs -
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street, Cottenham Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Discharge conditions 22a (Acoustic Insulation Non residential areas), 23a (acoustic insulation PBSA), 25 (Waste), 38 (accessible bedrooms), 52b (BNG), 57 (Wind) and 63 (Landscaping between phases) pursuant to permission 137399/FO/2023 relating to the PBSA phase only.
Split decision Conditions 26 docs
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