Planning application
Piccadilly Gardens Manchester
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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108400/FO/2015/C2 Granted
Piccadilly Gardens Manchester
Instalation of artwork (portraits) to both sides of part of Piccadilly Wall, Piccadilly Gardens.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Sep 2024
Received by Manchester
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6 Nov 2024
Decision issued: Approve
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21 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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