Planning application
Former Metro Majestic Old Street Ashton-Under-Lyne OL6 7RU
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use to mixed-use entertainment venue comprising cinema, restaurant and bar, theatre and live music venue, including ancillary food and beverage sales and bar use (sui generis) with associated external alterations including alteration to access ramp / steps, provision of canopies over two entrances, mechanical plant and extract and PV panels
As published by the council, reference 26/00775/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00775/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 8 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 8 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Ashton-under-Lyne St Peters
- Parish
- Ashton-under-lyne
- Postcode
- OL6 7RU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Oct 2026
Received by Tameside
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9 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Tameside took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Paul Butler Associates Ltd Agent, registered in Manchester
Active · incorporated 1997 · Manchester
643 applications on PlanIndex · across 20 councils · 95% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
35 documents on file for this application
- SUSTAINABILITY ENERGY STATEMENT
- APPLICATION FORM
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- CRIME IMPACT STATEMENT
- APPENDICES - HIGHWAYS/TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- HIGHWAYS/TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED STAGE 2 MEP SERVICES ROOF LEVEL
- AIR CONDITIONING PRODUCT INFORMATION
- TEMPAIR PRODUCT INFORMATION SHEET
- SOLAR PANEL INFORMATION SHEET
- CASED AXIAL FAN SYSTEM INFORMATION SHEET
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PLANNING & HERITAGE STATEMENT
- PROPOSED MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS (NORTHWEST/SOUTHWEST)
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS (EAST/WEST)
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS (NORTH/SOUTH)
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- EXISTING MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING BASEMENT PLAN
- PROPOSED BASEMENT PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS (NORTH/SOUTH)
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS (WEST/EAST)
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS (NORTHWEST/SOUTHWEST)
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- COVER LETTER
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Tameside for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tameside decided full applications in a median of 62 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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