Planning application
10 - 12 Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5WY
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 2 applications since 2017: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Jun 2026
Received by Manchester
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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29 Jul 2026
Status changed to Under Consideration
Previously Under Consultation.
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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
90 documents on file for this application
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About full applications
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