Planning application
Birtles House Unit 1 Market Place Civic Centre Manchester M22 5RE
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Non material amendment to planning permission referenced 144669/FO/2025 to allow alterations to the wording of conditions 5 (Metrolink CMP), 7 (electromagnetic compatibility plan), 9 (local labour), 13 (surface water drainage) and 31 (Bird Hazard Management Plan) in order to alter the timescales to facilitate demolition and site clearance works
As published by the council, reference OTH-2026-001247
Application record
- Reference
- OTH-2026-001247
- Type
- Non-Material Amendment
- Status
- Final
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 5 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 5 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 1 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Woodhouse Park
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M22 5RE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Aug 2026
Received by Manchester
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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1 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approve
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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Awaiting decision Conditions 9 docs -
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89% historically approved · decision due ~14 Oct
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