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Piccadilly Gardens Manchester

Granted Manchester 140996/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 140996/VO/2024

Application record

Reference
140996/VO/2024
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Final
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
20 Sep 2024
Validated
20 Sep 2024
Decided
6 Nov 2024
Ward
Piccadilly
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 6 applications since 2015: 6 approved, 0 refused.

  • 144971/VO/2026 Granted

    Piccadilly Gardens Manchester

    City Council Development for the phased erection of a 2.4-metre-high hoarding for a temporary period of 18 months.

    Decided 2 Mar 2026 Other
  • 143890/VO/2025 Granted

    Piccadilly Gardens Manchester

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

    Decided 23 Oct 2025 Other
  • 127289/VO/2020 Granted

    Piccadilly Gardens Manchester

    CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT for the demolition of a freestanding section of curved concrete wall situated in Piccadilly Gardens.

    Decided 13 Aug 2020 Other
  • 126559/VO/2020 Granted

    Piccadilly Gardens Manchester

    City Council Development for the use of public highway as a food market and associated erection of timber chalets and waste storage and traffic management infrastructure

    Decided 2 Aug 2021 Full applications
  • Piccadilly Gardens Manchester

    Instalation of artwork (portraits) to both sides of part of Piccadilly Wall, Piccadilly Gardens.

    Decided 12 May 2015 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 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

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

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  • Piccadilly Gardens Manchester

    143890/VO/2025 Submitted 3 Sep 2025 50 yards away

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

    Granted Other 6 docs
  • Piccadilly Gardens Manchester

    144971/VO/2026 Submitted 27 Jan 2026 50 yards away

    City Council Development for the phased erection of a 2.4-metre-high hoarding for a temporary period of 18 months.

    Granted Other 10 docs
  • Piccadilly Gardens Piccadilly Manchester M1 1LS

    125164/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
  • Land At Piccadilly Gardens Manchester M1 1RG

    CDN/24/1091 Submitted 27 Nov 2024 50 yards away

    Discharge of conditions 7b (Dilapidation Survey) and 8b (External Lighting) attached to planning permission 132578/FO/2021

    Granted Conditions 7 docs
  • Pizza Express 1 Piccadilly Gardens Manchester M1 1RG

    106252/FO/2014/C2 Submitted 8 Oct 2014 50 yards away

    Use of the highway forecourt as an outside seating area as an extension to the existing outside seating area.

    Granted Full applications Extension 12 docs
  • The Pavillion & Gardens Piccadilly Gardens Manchester M1 1RG

    116923/FO/2017 Submitted 7 Jul 2017 50 yards away

    Demolition and redevelopment of the current single storey building and retaining wall and erection of two buildings linked by a green roof with central covered walkway from Parker Street to comprise 2 to 3 floors including mezzanine level and roof top terrace area (part of Unit 7) containing 7 commercial units (Use Class A3 (Restaurant and Cafe Use)/ Sui Generis (mixed A1 (Shop Use)/A3 (Restaurant and Cafe Use)) with associated outdoor seating and improvement works to Piccadilly Gardens including formation of raised grass areas, replacement paving, replacement of some existing trees, new lighting, introduction of additional lawned areas and planting, additional of 22 cycle stands (2 spaces per stand) and erection of new maintenance facility.

    Withdrawn Full applications Demolition Trees 84 docs
    Small domestic

In Manchester

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    Vision House 100 Floats Road Manchester M23 9PL

    Installation of a multi-use games area (MUGA) to rear

    Received 6 Aug, published by the council 17 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • PLA-2026-000465 Granted

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    Erection of outbuilding (incorporating seating, dining, kitchen, spa, changing room, WC and plant room) with sunken swim spa, associated landscaping and side gate wall.

    Received 10 Jul, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
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    Received 8 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Full applications
  • PLA-2026-000769 Refused

    12 Kelstern Square Manchester M13 0XW

    Erection of a self-contained 2-bed ground floor residential dwelling to the rear of the existing property, including associated access, amenity space, refuse storage, bin storage, landscape and yard.

    Received 12 Aug, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Full applications
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    Northern Lawn Tennis Club Palatine Road Manchester M20 3YA

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    Received 7 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Full applications