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King Street Manchester

Granted Manchester 143885/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 143885/VO/2025

Application record

Reference
143885/VO/2025
Type
Regulation 3 Consent
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
3 Sep 2025
Validated
3 Sep 2025
Decided
23 Oct 2025
Ward
Deansgate Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 4 applications since 2017: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • 140950/VO/2024 Granted

    King 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
  • 125151/VO/2019 Granted

    King 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 23 Dec 2019 Full applications
  • 117676/VO/2017 Granted

    King 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. 3 Sep 2025

    Received by Manchester

  2. 23 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 20 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 23 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.

About less common application types

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    117676/VO/2017 Submitted 22 Sep 2017 50 yards away

    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

    Granted Other 8 docs

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