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70 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5ES

Granted Manchester 143705/LO/2025 Listed Building Consent

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for retention guardrails.

As published by the council, reference 143705/LO/2025

Application record

Reference
143705/LO/2025
Type
Listed Building Consent
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
10 Oct 2025
Validated
10 Oct 2025
Decided
2 Dec 2025
Ward
Deansgate Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
M1 5ES

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 7 applications since 2015: 7 approved, 0 refused.

  • PLA-2026-000950 Granted

    70 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M1 5ES

    Elevational alterations including new fire escape doors, vehicle doors, glazing manifestation film and louvres.

    Decided 20 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • CDN/23/0241 Granted

    70 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5ES

    Discharge of Condition 14 (Building Lighting) attached to Planning Permission 129081/FO/2021.

    Decided 1 Jun 2023 Conditions
  • CDN/21/0604 Granted

    70 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5ES

    Application to discharge Condition 4 (Decommissioned Culvert) and partial discharge of Condition 8 (part b only) (Materials) attached to 129081/FO/2021.

    Decided 1 Oct 2021 Conditions
  • 129081/FO/2021 Granted

    70 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5ES

    Partial demolition and reconfiguration of 70 Great Bridgewater Street to create a new office building (Use Class E), including the replacement of building facades, a 2-storey rooftop extension and alterations to the internal layout including the infilling of the central atrium, servicing and cycle parking, access and associated works.

    Decided 23 Apr 2021 Full applications
  • 115161/AO/2017 Granted

    70 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5ES

    Replacement of existing corporate signage with new corporate logo

    Decided 15 Mar 2017 Advertising
  • 70 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5ES

    The installation of two individual lettered signs

    Decided 9 Sep 2015 Advertising

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Received by Manchester

  2. 2 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Austin-Smith:Lord LLP Agent, registered in Liverpool

Active · incorporated 2019 · Liverpool

32 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils · 100% granted

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Documents

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

16 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 2 December 2025, 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 heritage and listed building applications

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

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