Planning application
River Street Tower 2 River Street Manchester M15 5GQ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Removal and replacement of the existing glass cladding system on the external walls.
As published by the council, reference PLA-2026-000170
Application record
- Reference
- PLA-2026-000170
- Type
- Lawful development: Proposed
- Status
- Final
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refuse
- Received
- 1 May 2026
- Validated
- 1 May 2026
- Decided
- 8 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Deansgate
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M15 5GQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 2 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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CDN/20/0770 Granted
River Street Tower 2 River Street Manchester M15 5GQ
Application to discharge condition 28 (BREEAM) attached to planning permission 118683/FO/2017
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 May 2026
Received by Manchester
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8 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
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