Planning application
John Dalton Building Chester Street Manchester M1 5GD
Part of this application was approved and part refused. The decision notice on the council portal sets out which is which.
Proposal
Discharge of Conditions 14 (Fumes) and 24 (BREEAM) pursuant to Planning Permission 142591/JO/2025.
As published by the council, reference CDN/26/0113
Application record
- Reference
- CDN/26/0113
- Type
- Approval of details reserved by a condition
- Status
- Final
- Decision
- Part approved, part refused As published: Split
- Received
- 4 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 4 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 29 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Deansgate
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M1 5GD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 10 applications since 2017: 8 approved, 0 refused.
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PLA-2026-001438 Awaiting decision
John Dalton Building Chester Street Manchester M1 5GD
Installation of roof mounted plant.
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145688/FO/2026 Granted
John Dalton Building Chester Street Manchester M1 5GD
Installation of louvred ventilation grill to the South Elevation.
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CDN/25/0764 Granted
John Dalton Building Chester Street Manchester M1 5GD
Discharge of planning condition 13(b) (local benefit proposal) pursuant to planning approval 125799/FO/2019.
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136576/AO/2023 Granted
John Dalton Building Chester Street Manchester M1 5GD
Erection of an illuminated fascia sign with logo and lettering.
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CDN/20/0742 Granted
John Dalton Building Chester Street Manchester M1 5GD
Application to discharge Condition 3 Parts (a) and (b) acoustics attached to Planning Permission 126406/FO/2020
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128181/FO/2020 Granted
John Dalton Building Chester Street Manchester M1 5GD
Full planning application for external alterations to the John Dalton Central building comprising a new facade to the North and East elevations, infilling of two small areas to create new internal teaching space including laboratories and a new internal fire escape staircase, demolition of the 'glazed link' between the John Dalton East and John Dalton Central buildings and the John Dalton East plant room and associated works.
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126406/FO/2020 Granted
John Dalton Building Chester Street Manchester M1 5GD
Installation of hydrogen storage buffer tank to roof of John Dalton Tower
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122994/FO/2019 Granted
John Dalton Building Chester Street Manchester M1 5GD
Alterations to west elevation to replace existing roller shutter door with glazed curtain walling, and replace existing solid core escape door with larger glazed doors
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116295/FO/2017 Granted
John Dalton Building Chester Street Manchester M1 5GD
Installation of additional fume cupboard extract at roof level.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Feb 2026
Received by Manchester
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29 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Split
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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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About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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