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St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL

Granted Manchester PLA-2026-000620 Removal/variation of conditions

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (Specified Plans and Drawings) attached to Planning Permission 144155/FO/2025 to facilitate the relocation of the cycle and bin stores to ground floor level, amendments to roof plant access and amendments to external treatment to Back Piccadilly and introduce additional Class E unit..

As published by the council, reference PLA-2026-000620

Application record

Reference
PLA-2026-000620
Type
Removal/variation of conditions
Status
Final
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
22 Jun 2026
Validated
22 Jun 2026
Decided
9 Sep 2026
Ward
Piccadilly
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
M1 1HL

Site history

Applications at this address on the Manchester register

This site has had 4 applications since 2021: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • 144155/FO/2025 Granted

    St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL

    Creation of 12 no. residential apartments (Use Class C3a) and associated external works.

    Decided 29 Dec 2025 Full applications
  • 144156/LO/2025 Granted

    St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL

    Listed Building Consent for the conversion of existing language school into 12 no. apartments.

    Decided 29 Dec 2025 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 129377/LO/2021 Granted

    St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL

    Internal alteration works to ground and basement of property to enhance staff facilities(including improvement of WC facilities and provide a cycle store and showers),removal of existing staircase to mezzanine within unit 7,new opening created between Unit 7 and foyer and creation of plant room to mezzanine floor.

    Decided 29 Jul 2021 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Jun 2026

    Received by Manchester

  2. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 6 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Under Consideration

    Previously Under Consultation.

  4. 9 Sep 2026

    Decision issued: Approve

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

45 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Manchester granted permission on 9 September 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • St Margaret's Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL

    PLA-2026-000668 Submitted 11 Jun 2026 50 yards away

    Variation of Condition 2 (Specified Plans and Drawings) attached to Listed Building Consent 144156/LO/2025 to facilitate the relocation of the cycle and bin stores to ground floor level, make amendments to roof plant access and amendments to external treatment to Back Piccadilly.

    Granted Amendments 45 docs
  • St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL

    144156/LO/2025 Submitted 1 Oct 2025 50 yards away

    Listed Building Consent for the conversion of existing language school into 12 no. apartments.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings New dwelling 176 docs
    Major scheme
  • St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL

    144155/FO/2025 Submitted 1 Oct 2025 50 yards away

    Creation of 12 no. residential apartments (Use Class C3a) and associated external works.

    Granted Full applications New dwelling 170 docs
  • Clayton House 59 Piccadilly Manchester M1 2AQ

    107902/LO/2015/C2 Submitted 20 Jan 2015 50 yards away

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for the installation of 3no. new antennas and ancillary works.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 11 docs
  • St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL

    129377/LO/2021 Submitted 4 May 2021 50 yards away

    Internal alteration works to ground and basement of property to enhance staff facilities(including improvement of WC facilities and provide a cycle store and showers),removal of existing staircase to mezzanine within unit 7,new opening created between Unit 7 and foyer and creation of plant room to mezzanine floor.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 38 docs
  • Clayton House 59A Piccadilly Manchester M1 2AG

    125495/LO/2019 Submitted 19 Nov 2019 50 yards away

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT: Replacement of existing rooftop telecommunications equipment.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 7 docs

In Manchester

  • PLA-2026-000033 Withdrawn

    Churchgate House 56 Oxford Street Manchester M1 6EU

    Variation of conditions 2 (Specified Plans), 6 (Kitchenette Works), and 11 (Works not permitted) attached to Listed building consent 140376/LO/2024.

    Received 27 Apr, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Amendments
  • OTH-2026-001904 Awaiting decision

    88-90 Carmoor Road Manchester M13 0FB

    Non Material Amendment to planning permission reference 135576/FO/2022 to allow layout change and elevational alterations.

    Received 7 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Amendments
  • OTH-2026-001890 Awaiting decision

    61 Factory Lane Manchester M9 8GR

    Non Material Change to planning permission PLA-2026-001147 to allow alteration to the hexagonal bay to a rectangular bay.

    Received 7 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Amendments
  • OTH-2026-001879 Awaiting decision

    Norfolk House Norfolk Street Manchester M2 1DH

    Non-material Amendment to Condition 2 (Plans and Documents) attached to planning permission 144411/FO/2025 to facilitate external alterations.

    Received 6 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Amendments
  • PLA-2026-001126 Granted

    466-468 Moss Lane East Manchester M14 4PJ

    Variation of Condition 2 (Specified plans) attached to Planning Permission 143607/JO/2025 to allow for the replacement of additional internal walls.

    Received 23 Jul, published by the council 17 Aug 2026 Amendments