Planning application
Market Street Manchester
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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.
As published by the council, reference 143879/VO/2025
Application record
- Reference
- 143879/VO/2025
- Type
- Regulation 3 Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 2 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 24 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Piccadilly Ward
- 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.
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140951/VO/2024 Granted
Market Street Manchester
City Council Development - Temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 45 days.
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125153/VO/2019 Granted
Market 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.
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121366/VO/2018 Granted
Market Street Manchester
City Council Development for the Temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market from 09 November 2018 to 21 December 2018.
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117681/VO/2017 Granted
Market 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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Sep 2025
Received by Manchester
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24 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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20 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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