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Land Between Upper Brook Street, Kincardine Road And Grosvenor Street Manchester

Granted Manchester 137401/FO/2023 Full planning permission

Works: Demolition

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

Proposal

Full planning application for the demolition of existing buildings and erection of three ground floor + 12/14/29 storey buildings to be used for Purpose Built Student Accommodation (Use Sui Generis), comprising 983 bedrooms in total and 506sqm of ground floor ancillary uses (cafe/commercial and convenience store - Use Classes E (a)/(b)/(c)), three buildings comprising ground floor + 5/7/9 storeys for Science and Innovation uses (Use Class E (g)(i) & (ii)) and 834sqm ground floor community uses (retail/ cafes and medical facility (Use Classes E (a)/(b) and (e)), and the provision of new public realm, two new public squares, new access and parking, and associated works

As published by the council, reference 137401/FO/2023

Application record

Reference
137401/FO/2023
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Final
Decision
Approve
Received
4 Aug 2023
Validated
4 Aug 2023
Decided
29 Nov 2024
Ward
Ardwick
Decision by
Committee

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • OTH-2026-000062 Granted

    Land between Upper Brook Street, Kincardine Road and Grosvenor Street Manchester

    Non material amendment to planning permission 137401/FO/2023 to make internal and external alterations and reconfiguration including repositioning of main entrance to Upper Brook Street, relocation of medical facility from B3 to B1, installation of external cycle store and repositing of external flues

    Decided 26 May 2026 Amendments
  • 142266/JO/2025 Awaiting decision

    Land Between Upper Brook Street, Kincardine Road And Grosvenor Street Manchester

    Variation of planning condition 2 attached to planning permission 137401/FO/2023 to reconfigure the footprint of block B1 including removal of colonnade that fronted Kincardine Road, reduction in amenity area and other internal reconfigurations together with alterations to landscaping

    Submitted 26 Feb 2025 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Aug 2023

    Received by Manchester

  2. 29 Nov 2024

    Decision issued: Approve

  3. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, registered in Ashton-Under-Lyne

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Documents

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214 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 29 November 2024, 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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