Planning application
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Discharge of Conditions 6T (Finishes) and 11R (Internal Fit Out Works) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019.
As published by the council, reference OTH-2026-001620
Application record
- Reference
- OTH-2026-001620
- Type
- Approval of details reserved by a condition
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 8 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Deansgate
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M2 5DB
Comment by 6 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Manchester through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 67 applications since 2017: 52 approved, 0 refused.
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OTH-2026-001396 Awaiting decision
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Discharge of Condition 11J (Kitchen Details) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019.
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PLA-2026-000026 Awaiting decision
TOWN HALL, ALBERT SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 5DB
Test Application
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OTH-2026-000026 Granted
TOWN HALL, ALBERT SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 5DB
Test Application
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141103/TCA/2024 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Works to trees - proposed pruning works to 4 London trees.
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CDN/21/0170 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of condition 5a (Storage and Reuse) attached to planning permission 125553/LO/2019 to agree the Retention and Disposal Policy.
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CDN/21/0253 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
The partial discharge of conditions 4 (Protection) Part a), 7 (Method Statements) Part a), 8 (Structure Works) Part a), and 10 (Repairs) Part a) of application referenced: 125553/LO/2019 in relation to mosaics works comprising lower ground floor structural works and temporary ground floor works.
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CDN/21/0157 Granted
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Application for the partial discharge of conditions 4a (Protection), 5a (Storage and Reuse), 7a (Method Statements), 8a (Structural Works) and 10a (Repairs) attached to Listed Building Consent Ref. 125553/LO/2019 in relation to the re-location of the Dalton and Joule statues within the building.
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CDN/21/0097 Awaiting decision
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Partial discharge of condition 8 (Structural Works) attached to application referenced 125553/LO/2019 in relation to structural works to the Lower Ground Floor of the building
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CDN/20/0734 Withdrawn
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of Condition 6 (Full and Final Details) Part P and 11 (Full and Final Details) Part O attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019, relating to construction of the lift pit on the Lower Ground Floor
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CDN/20/0722 Awaiting decision
Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Part discharge of Conditions 7 (Method Statements) Part a), 8 (Structural Works) Part a) and 11 (Full and Final Details Part 2) Part q) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019, in relation to works associated with alterations to building fabric on the Lower Ground Floor of the Town Hall building, including the removal of the Princess Street core staircase and the creation of new openings within the listed fabric to form new rooms.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Sep 2026
Received by Manchester
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18 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Manchester took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
136 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Manchester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Manchester decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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.
Nearby applications
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TOWN HALL, ALBERT SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 5DB
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Test Application
Awaiting decision Amendments -
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Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
89% historically approved · decision due ~14 Oct
Discharge of Condition 11J (Kitchen Details) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019.
Awaiting decision Conditions 100 docs -
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Application to discharge Condition 3 (Tiered Approach Strategy) attached to listed building consent reference 123036/LO/2019.
Granted Conditions 7 docs -
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CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT Planning permission and Listed building consent for minor internal and external alterations to the basement level of the Town Hall associated with connections to the Manchester Civic Quarter Heat Network.
Granted Other 13 docs -
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Discharge of Conditon 3 (Programme) and part discharge of Conditions 5 (Method Statements) and 6 (Temporary Protection) of application referenced 123629/LO/2019
Granted Conditions 10 docs
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