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Market Street Manchester

Granted Manchester 143879/VO/2025 Regulation 3 Consent

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.

  • 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.

    Decided 6 Nov 2024 Full applications
  • 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.

    Decided 4 Dec 2019 Full applications
  • 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.

    Decided 19 Nov 2018 Other
  • 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.

    Decided 17 Nov 2017 Other

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Sep 2025

    Received by Manchester

  2. 24 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

8 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 24 October 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.

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