Planning application
John Rylands Library 148 - 158 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Protection Methodology), 4 (Scaffolding methodology and specification) and 5 (Materials) attached to Listed Building Consent 144597/LO/2025.
As published by the council, reference CDN/26/0317
Application record
- Reference
- CDN/26/0317
- Type
- Approval of details reserved by a condition
- Status
- Final
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve
- Received
- 2 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 2 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 26 May 2026
- Ward
- Deansgate
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M3 3EH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 5 applications since 2017: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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OTH-2026-001722 Awaiting decision
John Rylands Library 148 - 158 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH
Discharge of Conditions 1 (3 Year Limit), 2 (Specified Plans), 6 (Leadwork), 7 (Internal Repair Works) and 8 (Conservation Specification), in relation to Listed Building Consent 144597/LO/2025.
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144597/LO/2025 Granted
John Rylands Library 148 - 158 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH
Listed Building Consent for replacement of cloister roofs on both the north and south elevations.
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120122/LO/2018 Granted
John Rylands Library 148-158 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for the installation of a free-standing guardrail system, with curved posts and tension-wired balustrades, to the roofs of the 1912 - 1920's extension, Wolfson extension and Austin Smith Lord extension (associated application 120767/FO/2018).
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116244/LO/2017 Granted
John Rylands Library 148-158 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT Installation of 2 no. deaf alerter transmitters to the kitchen (void) and porters room.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Apr 2026
Received by Manchester
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26 May 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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20 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Donald Insall Associates Ltd Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 1981 · London
202 applications on PlanIndex · across 43 councils · 98% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Manchester granted permission on 26 May 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 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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