Planning application
St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Creation of 12 no. residential apartments (Use Class C3a) and associated external works.
As published by the council, reference 144155/FO/2025
Application record
- Reference
- 144155/FO/2025
- Type
- Full Application Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 1 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 1 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 29 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Piccadilly Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M1 1HL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 4 applications since 2021: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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PLA-2026-000620 Granted
St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL
Variation of Condition 2 (Specified Plans and Drawings) attached to Planning Permission 144155/FO/2025 to facilitate the relocation of the cycle and bin stores to ground floor level, amendments to roof plant access and amendments to external treatment to Back Piccadilly and introduce additional Class E unit..
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144156/LO/2025 Granted
St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of existing language school into 12 no. apartments.
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129377/LO/2021 Granted
St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL
Internal alteration works to ground and basement of property to enhance staff facilities(including improvement of WC facilities and provide a cycle store and showers),removal of existing staircase to mezzanine within unit 7,new opening created between Unit 7 and foyer and creation of plant room to mezzanine floor.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Oct 2025
Received by Manchester
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29 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Atelier MB Ltd Agent, registered in Manchester
Active · incorporated 2013 · Manchester
211 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils · 99% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
170 documents on file for this application
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Manchester granted permission on 29 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.
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