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New Cathedral Street Manchester

Granted Manchester 140952/VO/2024 Full planning permission

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

Proposal

City Council Development - Temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 45 days.

As published by the council, reference 140952/VO/2024

Application record

Reference
140952/VO/2024
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Final
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
23 Sep 2024
Validated
23 Sep 2024
Decided
6 Nov 2024
Ward
Deansgate
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 5 applications since 2017: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • 143906/VO/2025 Granted

    New Cathedral Street Manchester

    City Council Development for temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 46 days.

    Decided 10 Oct 2025 Other
  • 125161/VO/2019 Granted

    New Cathedral Street Manchester

    CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT for temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 43 days.

    Decided 17 Dec 2019 Full applications
  • 121369/VO/2018 Granted

    New Cathedral Street Manchester

    City Council Development for the temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market from 9 November 2018 to 21 December 2018.

    Decided 19 Nov 2018 Other
  • 117678/VO/2017 Granted

    New Cathedral Street Manchester

    City Council Development for the temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market from 10 November 2017 to 21 December 2017.

    Decided 17 Nov 2017 Other

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Sep 2024

    Received by Manchester

  2. 6 Nov 2024

    Decision issued: Approve

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 6 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.

About full applications

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Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • New Cathedral Street Manchester

    125161/VO/2019 Submitted 28 Oct 2019 50 yards away

    CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT for temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 43 days.

    Granted Full applications 9 docs
  • St Anns Square And Exchange Street Manchester

    140953/VO/2024 Submitted 19 Sep 2024 50 yards away

    City Council Development - Creation of Christmas Markets and associated infrastructure for a period of 45 days.

    Granted Full applications 6 docs
  • New Cathedral Street Manchester

    143906/VO/2025 Submitted 10 Sep 2025 50 yards away

    City Council Development for temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 46 days.

    Granted Other 9 docs
  • New Cathedral Street Manchester

    121369/VO/2018 Submitted 24 Sep 2018 50 yards away

    City Council Development for the temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market from 9 November 2018 to 21 December 2018.

    Granted Other 10 docs
  • New Cathedral Street Manchester

    117678/VO/2017 Submitted 22 Sep 2017 50 yards away

    City Council Development for the temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market from 10 November 2017 to 21 December 2017.

    Granted Other 8 docs
  • Unit 4 New Cathedral Street Manchester M1 1AD

    120343/AO/2018 Submitted 28 Jun 2018 50 yards away

    Installation of various illuminated and non-illuminated signage including refresh of existing projecting sign.

    Granted Advertising 5 docs

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    Change of use to first floor from shop storage to residential flats and addition of new floors with rear dormer and fume extraction flue.

    Received 17 Dec, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications