Planning application
Charles Street Multi-Storey Car Park Plot H Sister Charles Street Manchester M1 7AR
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of three interconnected blocks (T1, T2 and T3) of 8, 10 and 38 storeys including ground, plus basement and plant, comprising purpose-built student accommodation with ancillary internal amenity space (Sui Generis) together with flexible commercial uses (Use Class E); landscaping works, highways, access, servicing, infrastructure and other associated works.
As published by the council, reference PLA-2026-000312
Application record
- Reference
- PLA-2026-000312
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 29 May 2026
- Validated
- 29 May 2026
- Ward
- Piccadilly
- Decision by
- Committee
- Postcode
- M1 7AR
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
-
OTH-2026-000191 Granted
Charles Street Multi Storey Car Park (Plot H Sister) Charles Street Manchester M1 7AR
Discharge of Condition 4 (Demolition Management Plan) and Condition 5 (Demolition Method Statement) attached to 143741/FO/2025.
-
143741/FO/2025 Granted
Charles Street Multi Storey Car Park (Plot H Sister) Charles Street Manchester M1 7AR
Demolition of existing multi-storey car park and associated commercial units (retail and sui generis bar uses) to prepare site for future development.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
29 May 2026
Received by Manchester
-
20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 July 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
117 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.
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
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 full applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
-
Charles Street Multi Storey Car Park (Plot H Sister) Charles Street Manchester M1 7AR
Discharge of Condition 4 (Demolition Management Plan) and Condition 5 (Demolition Method Statement) attached to 143741/FO/2025.
Granted Conditions Demolition 4 docs -
58 Granby House 61 Granby Row Manchester M1 7AR
Installation of internal secondary glazing to 3no. windows to improve thermal and acoustic insulation.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 12 docs -
25 Granby House 61 Granby Row Manchester M1 7AR
Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of listed building consent reference 112444/LO/2016/C2.
Decided Amendments 2 docs -
Orient House Granby Row Manchester M1 7AS
Installation of replacement entrance doors.
Granted Full applications 12 docs -
Orient House Granby Row Manchester M1 7AP
Listed Building Consent - for the installation of replacement entrance doors.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings 14 docs -
Plot H Sister Land Bounded By Charles Street To The South, Manchester South Junction And Altrincham Railway Viaduct And Granby Row To The North, Sackville Street To The East And Princess Street To The West Manchester
Request for Scoping opinion under Part 4, Regulation 15 of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended)
Decided Outline 2 docs
Other full applications
In Manchester
-
PLA-2026-001148 Refused
420 Wilbraham Road Manchester M21 0AS
Installation of louvered pergola.
-
PLA-2026-000940 Granted
Second Floor 101-103 Oldham Street Manchester M4 1LW
Erection of a second-floor extension.
-
PLA-2026-000925 Granted
Block D Citipeak 870 Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 5AB
Replacement cladding of 5 balustrade panels to escape walkway of upper storey apartments.
-
PLA-2026-000357 Granted
Arch 103 Temperance Street Manchester M12 6HR
Retention of the premises as an arts and crafts centre (Class E(d) and retention and modification of 2no grilles and entrance.
-
143659/FO/2025 Granted
717 Stockport Road Manchester M19 3AG
Change of use to first floor from shop storage to residential flats and addition of new floors with rear dormer and fume extraction flue.