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Charles Street Multi-Storey Car Park Plot H Sister Charles Street Manchester M1 7AR

Awaiting decision Manchester PLA-2026-000312 Full planning permission

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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.

    Decided 20 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 4 Dec 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 May 2026

    Received by Manchester

  2. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 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

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What 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.

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