Planning application
Roof of Tower Block associated with Piccadilly Station Approach Manchester M1 2BP
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of 2no. roof mounted air conditioning units.
As published by the council, reference PLA-2026-000828
Application record
- Reference
- PLA-2026-000828
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 10 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Piccadilly
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M1 2BP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Aug 2026
Received by Manchester
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 October 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
11 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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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