Manchester City - Multiple Planning Applications For Listed Buildings And Conservation Areas

Manchester City Council
Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (as amended)

Please take notice that the following applications have been submitted for determination by The Council. The application, plans and any other documents (including the Environmental Statement where indicated) may be inspected and obtained via the Council’s website at www.manchester.gov.uk/planning/planningregister.  

Any person that wishes to inspect, or obtain, a paper copy of the Environmental Statement can do so by emailing planning@manchester.gov.uk to make the necessary arrangements. 

There may be a charge for supplying a paper copy of the Environmental Statement, please check when making your enquiry. 

Any persons wishing to make representations about the proposals must do so online or in writing to Planning, P O Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester M60 2LA within 14 days of the date of this Notice (unless a different period is specified later within the Notice) quoting the application reference number.

DATED 20 October 2026
Julie Roscoe, Director of Planning, Building Control & Licensing

PLA-2026-001905# Proposal: Temporary retention of 30m high temporary triangular ballast grillage tower, accommodating 2no. antenna and 2no. dish, and ground-based cabinets laid on railway sleepers for a time period of 3 years. Location: Bridge Street Car Park, Bridge Street, Manchester, M3 5AH. Applicant: Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited.

OTH-2026-001974# Proposal: Discharge of Conditions 11 (Internal repairs method statement) and 12 (Decorative plasterwork) attached to Listed Building Consent 145661/LO/2026. Location: St Anselm Hall, Kent Road East, Manchester, M14 5BX. Applicant: Mr David Sims.

PLA-2026-001805# Proposal: Installation of solid and glazed partitions and services to allow first, second and third floors to be used as offices. Location: 79 Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3LQ. Applicant: Biz Assets Ltd.

PLA-2026-001919# Proposal: Listed Building Consent for repair and strengthening works to 5no. existing railway arches and removal of facades. Location: Arches 63-67, Manchester Oxford Road Viaduct, Manchester, M1 6FU. Applicant: Network Rail.

PLA-2026-001695# Proposal: Temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 47 days. Location: Lincoln Square, Manchester. Applicant: Mr Robert Hutchinson, Manchester City Council.

PLA-2026-001736 Proposal: Erection of part 2, part 3-storey extensions to the existing care home to create an additional 49 beds. Location: Marion Lauder House, 20 Lincombe Road, Manchester, M22 1PY. Applicant: Mr Lee Stringfellow, Care Concepts.

PLA-2026-001800# Refurbishment works to the existing indoor tennis court building at Northern Lawn Tennis Club, including removal of the existing asbestos roof and replacement; replacement and alteration of rooflights; bricking up of selected windows; installation of new black louvred ventilation windows, replacement doors and mechanical ventilation system; removal of external fire escape stairs; upgrading of roof drainage; replacement of existing louvres and retained doors in black; and associated repairs and refurbishment to structural and external elements. Location: Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Palatine Road, Manchester, M20 3YA. Applicant: Northern Lawn Tennis Club Ltd.

PLA-2026-001888 Proposal: Demolition of vacant “VASA” club building and creation of a 3 - storey apartment block containing 43 units and affiliated parking area, landscape and communal gardens. Location: Vasa Club, White Moss Road, Manchester, M9 6EF. Applicant: Mr Ryan Barnhill, Chapter Real Estate (on behalf of Jigsaw Homes North).

PLA-2026-001861# Proposal: Erection of an electricity substation, dispatch unit and screened plant deck and associated access with extraction flues and equipment. Location: University of Manchester, Hulme Hall, Victoria Park Campus. Applicant: Mr Benjamin Smith, University of Manchester.

PLA-2026-001617# Proposal: Installation of timber fencing with gated access. Location: Land at rear of 9 St John Street and adjacent to car park, Manchester, M3 4DN. Applicant: Bupa Occupational Health Limited.

OTH-2026-001899# Proposal: Discharge of Condition 3 (methodology and specification for any associated scaffolding and support structure) attached to Listed Building Consent ref PLA-2026-000471. Location: Marlsbro House 52-54, Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1ED. Applicant: Mr Barney Cook, ACLO Assets MH Limited.

PLA-2026-001901# Proposal: Installation of free-standing wooden structure to form little library/book exchange facility on the fenced boundary of the property. Location: 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester, M13 9LW. Applicant: Mrs Sally Jastrzebski-Lloyd, Manchester Historic Buildings Trust, trading as Elizabeth Gaskell’s House.

PLA-2026-000583# Proposal: Enclosure of existing seating area and elevational alterations. Location: 4 Vantage Point, Hardman Street, Manchester, M3 3PL. Applicant: Mr Paul Corrett, Restaurants North Limited.

PLA-2026-001566# Proposal: Erection of canopy to shop front. Location: 49 Upper Lloyd Street, Manchester, M14 4HY. Applicant: Mr Farhan Khan.

PLA-2026-001907# Proposal: Listed Building Consent for the installation of internal partitions and other internal fit-out works. Location: Sixth Floor, Bridgewater House, 58-60 Whitworth Street, Manchester, M1 6LT. Applicant: Lesley McPhee OP Group.

PLA-2026-001927# Proposal: Erection of reverse vending machine unit for recycling purposes and associated works. Location: Aldi Foodstore Ltd, 674 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 2DN. Applicant: Aldi Stores Limited.

PLA-2026-001931# Proposal: Installation of storage container to provide food bank. Location: The Parish Church of St Nicholas, Kingsway, Manchester, M19 1PL. Applicant: Miss Rebecca Steele, Burnage Foodbank. 

OTH-2026-001614# Proposal: Discharge of Condition 6b (Changes and detailed design works to the scaffolding design) attached to Listed Building Consent 125553/LO/2019. Location: Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M2 5DB. Applicant: Liam Bentley.

PLA-2026-001665# Proposal: City Council Development: Creation of temporary Christmas Markets for a period of 59 days. Location: Cathedral Gardens. Applicant: Mr Robert Hutchinson, Manchester City Council.

PLA-2026-001667# Proposal: City Council Development: Creation of temporary Christmas Markets for a period of 47 days. Location: Corn Exchange & Exchange Square. Applicant: Mr Robert Hutchinson, Manchester City Council.

PLA-2026-001804# Proposal: Installation of CCTV, public address systems and external lighting. Location: Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL. Applicant: Manchester City Council.

PLA-2026-001881# Proposal: Listed Building Consent for installation of external lighting, public address systems and external and internal CCTV. Location: Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL. Applicant: Manchester City Council.

PLA-2026-001894# Proposal: Listed Building Consent for installation of external lighting, public address systems and external and internal CCTV. Location: Manchester Art Gallery, Athenaeum Building, Princess Street, Manchester, M2 3JL. Applicant: Manchester City Council.

PLA-2026-001701# Proposal: Temporary change of use of public open space for the purpose of a Christmas Market for a period of 59 days. Location: Albert Square, Manchester. Applicant: Mr Robert Hutchinson, Manchester City Council.

PLA-2026-001527# Proposal: Listed Building Consent for the installation of replacement windows, alterations of site boundary and internal alterations. Location: 136 St Werburgh’s Road, Manchester, M21 8UQ. Applicant: Mr Alistair Fordom.

OTH-2026-001998# Proposal: Discharge of Condition 3 (Slate and pointing samples) attached to Listed Building Consent 145661/LO/2026. Location: St Anselm Hall, Kent Road East, Manchester, M14 5BX. Applicant: Alan Beningfield, Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd.

PLA-2026-001494 Proposal: City Council Development for a change of use of former West Gorton Youth Centre to provide residential accommodation (20 bedsits) for homelessness accommodation (Sui Generis) involving external alterations, landscaping, parking, cycle store, bin store, planters and boundary treatment. Location: West Gorton Youth Social Centre, Belle Vue Street, Manchester, M12 5JT. Applicant: Mr Peter Wood.

PLA-2026-001474# Proposal: Change of Use from a vacant former Class E gym and fitness club to a Class C3 dwellinghouse, with a Class F1 teaching facility located within the existing single-storey rear extension including replacement windows and alterations to the site boundary. Location: 136 ST Werburgh’s Road, Manchester, M21 8UQ. Applicant: Mr Alistair Fordom.

# Comments on this application must be made within 21 days
* This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement under The Town and Country Planning
(Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017. Comments on this application must be made within 30 days of the date of this Notice.