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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
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 500 metres

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

    PLA-2026-000668 Submitted 11 Jun 2026 0m 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 44 docs
  • St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL

    144156/LO/2025 Submitted 1 Oct 2025 2m 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 3m away

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

    Granted Full applications New dwelling 170 docs
  • St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL

    129377/LO/2021 Submitted 4 May 2021 7m 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 7m away

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT: Replacement of existing rooftop telecommunications equipment.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 7 docs
  • Unit 9 St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL

    126811/LO/2020 Submitted 28 Apr 2020 9m away

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for removal of non-original shop frontage to be replaced with frameless glazed frontage and associated internal alterations.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 20 docs

In Manchester

  • 145636/JO/2026 Granted

    Baring Street Manchester M1 2PY

    Variation of conditions 2 (Drawings and Plans), 4 (Highways Works), 5 (Wayfinding), 24 (Phase B CMP), 37 (Phase D CMP) and 38a (Phase D Materials) attached to planning application 137350/JO/2023 to amend the external facade design, reconfigure internal layouts to include cycle parking hub, increase from 488 to 490 car parking spaces and inclusion of ground floor commercial unit Use Class E(b) (café/restaurant)

    25 May 2026 Amendments
  • PLA-2026-000864 Refused

    8 Grandale Street Manchester M14 5WG

    Variation of condition 2 (specified plans) attached to planning permission referenced 141408/FH/2024 to allow for alterations to the rear dormer roof extension and first floor rear extension

    17 Jul 2026 Amendments
  • OTH-2026-001330 Withdrawn

    Riverpark Trading Estate Riverpark Road Manchester M40 2XR

    Non-material amendment to condition 26 (Highway works) attached to planning permission 142464/FO/2025 to enable highways works to be phased.

    12 Aug 2026 Amendments
  • OTH-2026-001433 Awaiting decision

    HMP Manchester Southall Street Manchester M3 1JL

    Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission 145354/FO/2026 for the Installation of security baskets and amended window design, to amend Condition 2 (Specified Plans) by replacing approved drawing 17280 13.A0 (G Wing Proposed Basket Planning Drawing) with revised drawing 17280 19.A0.

    7 Sep 2026 Amendments
  • PLA-2026-001180 Awaiting decision

    Woodville Resource Centre Shirley Road Manchester M8 0NE

    Variation of Condition 2 (Specified plans) and 4 (noise) attached to Planning Permission 141742/VO/2024 for City Council Development for installation of floor mounted air sourced heat pumps and enclosure to the rear and the installation of solar PV panels to rear pitched roof slope, to increase height of acoustic enclosure.

    4 Sep 2026 Amendments