Planning application
Fourth Floor Ship Canal House 96 - 98 King Street Manchester M2 4WU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations to fourth floor offices, and internal refurbishment of fourth floor lift lobby and WCs.
As published by the council, reference 144512/LO/2025
Application record
- Reference
- 144512/LO/2025
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 25 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 25 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 20 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Deansgate Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M2 4WU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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CDN/26/0238 Granted
Fourth Floor Ship Canal House 96 - 98 King Street Manchester M2 4WU
Discharge of Condition 3 (Demolition and Historic Entrance) of Listed Building Consent 144512/LO/2025.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Nov 2025
Received by Manchester
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20 Jan 2026
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
Heritage Architecture Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Colindale
Active · incorporated 1995 · Colindale
110 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils · 91% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
49 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Manchester granted permission on 20 January 2026, 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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