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10 - 12 Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5WY

Awaiting decision Manchester PLA-2026-000485 Full planning permission

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Erection of a 39-storey purpose-built student accommodation building (Sui Generis).

As published by the council, reference PLA-2026-000485

Application record

Reference
PLA-2026-000485
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Under Consideration
Received
18 Jun 2026
Validated
18 Jun 2026
Ward
Deansgate
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
M1 5WY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 4 applications since 2015: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 115544/NMC/2017 Granted

    10-12 Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5WY

    Non-material change to planning permission ref: 111003/FO/2016/C1 (Demolition of existing building at 10-12 Whitworth Street West, and redevelopment of the site for a new 35 storey residential building (Use Class C3) comprising 327 apartments, with associated resident's services, facilities and communal spaces, servicing, highways, public realm and other associated works.) including minor refinements to lower external elevation, revisions to the roof top amenity area, revised cladding details, omission of windows at ground and first floor east and west elevations, replacement door, adjusted fence line, together with internal alterations including the omission of the basement, increase in number of cycling spaces, revisions to refuse area, alterations to lifts, and a re:planning of ground and first floor amenity areas.

    Decided 5 Apr 2017 Amendments
  • 10-12 Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5WY

    Demolition of existing building at 10 - 12 Whitworth Street West, and redevelopment of the site for a new 35 storey residential building (Use Class C3) comprising 327 apartments, with associated residents' services, facilities and communal spaces: servicing, highways, public realm and associated works.

    Decided 11 Apr 2016 Full applications
  • 10-12 Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5WY

    Demolition of existing building at 10 - 12 Whitworth Street West, and redevelopment of the site for a new 35 storey residential building (Use Class C3) comprising 327 apartments, with associated residents' services, facilities and communal spaces: servicing, highways, public realm and associated works.

    Decided 13 Nov 2015 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Jun 2026

    Received by Manchester

  2. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Status changed to Under Consideration

    Previously Under Consultation.

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 13 August 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

92 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.

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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.

About full applications

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    Granted Full applications Demolition 45 docs
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