Planning application
Union T2 Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of the ground floor from flexible commercial space (Use Class E / Sui Generis) to ancillary gymnasium and laundry room for the exclusive use of residents, and reconfiguration of Level 2 to provide residential amenity, marketing suite (Sui Generis) alongside retained workspace (Use Class E), and associated works.
As published by the council, reference PLA-2026-000889
Application record
- Reference
- PLA-2026-000889
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 9 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 9 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Deansgate
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- M3 4JQ
Comment by 2 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Manchester through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Manchester register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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144699/FO/2025 Granted
Union T2 Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ
Creation of an ancillary gymnasium, co-working space, and laundry room for the exclusive use of co-living residents, and as a staff office and marketing suite for the use of staff (Sui Generis) to Level 2 with associated works.
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144441/NMC/2025 Granted
Union T2 Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ
Non-material amendment to amend condition 39 (BREEAM) attached to planning permission 132952/JO/2022.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Sep 2026
Received by Manchester
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18 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 November 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
14 documents on file for this application
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