St Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL Data via plota.co.uk

144155/FO/2025 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Creation of 12 no. residential apartments (Use Class C3a) and associated external works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Oct 2025
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Approved
29 Dec 2025

Approved on 29 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Documents 185

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF 777736.pdf Officer Report · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 777724.pdf Decision · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 8

PDF 768853.pdf Noise assessment or information · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 742298.pdf Environmental Statement · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742372.pdf Noise assessment or information · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742371.pdf Environmental Statement · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742300.pdf Heritage Statement · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742305.pdf Noise assessment or information · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742299.pdf Design & Access Statement · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742308.pdf Design & Access Statement · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 159

PDF 777631.pdf Plan · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 777624.pdf Plan · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 777625.pdf Plan · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 777628.pdf Plan · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 777629.pdf Plan · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 777632.pdf Plan · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 777627.pdf Plan · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 777633.pdf Plan · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 777626.pdf Plan · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 777630.pdf Plan · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 775206.pdf Plan · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 775201.pdf Plan · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 775599.pdf Plan · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 775059.pdf Plan · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 775076.pdf Plan · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 769273.pdf Plan · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 769216.pdf Plan · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 769221.pdf Plan · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 769222.pdf Plan · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 769207.pdf Plan · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 769248.pdf Plan · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 769268.pdf Plan · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 742280.pdf Plan · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742277.pdf Plan · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742207.pdf Location 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Application forms 1

PDF 742204.pdf Application Form · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 15

PDF 768840.pdf Other · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 769218.pdf Waste Management · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 769274.pdf Supporting Information · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 769277.pdf Supporting Information · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 771943.pdf Other · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742349.pdf Supporting Information · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742311.pdf Supporting Information · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742297.pdf Other · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742348.pdf Supporting Information · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742310.pdf Supporting Information · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742295.pdf Supporting Information · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742302.pdf Supporting Information · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742309.pdf Waste Management · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742303.pdf Supporting Information · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 742301.pdf Waste Management · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 5

39 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: St Margarets Chambers, Grade II, about 4 m from the postcode pin · 38 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 39 with distances
Historic England ↗
Stevenson Square conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Air quality management area: Manchester AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Manchester built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 10 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Building

Floor area1,465 m² (15,769 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (asset rating 122)
UseD1 Non-residential Institutions - Education
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2019, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Manchester
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
M1 1HL
Received
1 Oct 2025
Validated
1 Oct 2025
Ward
Piccadilly
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Jan 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
29 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Rikesh Dahyabhai

How this decision compares

Decided in 89 days from validation, 33 days slower than Manchester's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 82% of full applications here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
632decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Manchester in the last twelve months, from validation. Manchester decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Oct 2026

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Historical activity at this location

31 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of existing language school into 12 no. apartm…
144156/LO/2025
2023 Approved
Creation of 12 no. residential apartments (Use Class C3a) and associated external works
136417/FO/2023
2023 Approved
Listed building consent for internal and external works associated with the creation of 1…
136418/LO/2023
2021 Approved
Internal alteration works to ground and basement of property to enhance staff facilities(…
129377/LO/2021
2021 Approved
Discharge of conditions 3 (Materials) attached to app reference no: 126810/FO/2020 (Unit…
CDN/20/0871
2021 Approved
Discharge of condition 3 (a,b and c - Details) attached to app ref no 126811/LO/2020 (Uni…
CDN/20/0870
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
Outside 51 Piccadilly Street Manchester M1 2AP
Installation of 2no internally illuminated digital display screens
144107/AOH/2025
2025 Refused
Outside 51 Piccadilly Street Manchester M1 2AP
Installation of digital LED totem.
144106/FO/2025
2025 Refused
Outside No. 71 Piccadilly Manchester M1 2BS
Installation of digital LED totem.
144066/FO/2025
2025 Refused
Outside No. 71 Piccadilly Manchester M1 2BS
Installation of 2no internally illuminated digital display screens.
144067/AOH/2025
2025 Refused
Outside No. 71 Piccadilly Manchester M1 2BS
Installation of 2no internally illuminated digital display screens.
144067/AO/2025
2025 Approved
16 Newton Street Manchester M1 2AE
Listed Building Consent for 1no. internal individual lettering fascia sign with internal…
143707/LO/2025
2025 Approved
16 Newton Street Manchester M1 2AE
Installation of 2no. internally illuminated projecting signs.
143706/AO/2025
2025 Approved
First Floor Cottonopolis Building 14 Newton Street Manchester M1 2AF
Listed Building Consent for the retention of internal fit out works
143483/LO/2025
2025 Approved
Ground Floor 16 Newton Street M1 2AE
Listed Building Consent for the refurbishment to a bar/restaurant with the installation o…
143357/LO/2025
2025 Approved
Ground Floor 16 Newton Street Manchester M1 2AE
Installation of 1no. louvre and 1no. louvre screen
143356/FO/2025
2025 Approved
Unit G1 1 Portland Street Manchester M1 3BE
Installation of 1no. internally illuminated fascia sign, 1no. internally illuminated proj…
142337/AO/2025
2024 Approved
12 - 14 Lever Street Manchester M1 1LN
Change of use of first and second floor from Office (Class Eg) to Education (Class F1a).
141119/FO/2024
2024 Approved
First Floor 14 - 16 Newton Street Manchester M1 2AN
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for new internal partitions to create new meeting rooms, kitchen…
140771/LO/2024
2024 Approved
Part Floor 2 14-16 Newton Street Manchester M1 2AF
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations to create new meeting rooms and a kitche…
140332/LO/2024
2024 Approved
Part Floors 3 And 4 8-16 Newton Street Manchester M1 2AN
Listed building consent for the insertion of partitions in existing space to form meeting…
140261/LO/2024
2024 Approved
Basement 12-14 Lever Street Manchester M1 1LN
Use of property as a gym - Class E (d) - Indoor sport and recreation
139666/LP/2024
2024 Approved
Cheetwood House Newton Street Manchester M1 1FZ
Listed building consent to subdivide the existing commercial space and installation of ki…
139719/LO/2024
2024 Refused
Pavement Outside 3-10 Piccadilly Manchester
Installation of a digital advertising display integrated within replacement digital commu…
139688/AO/2024
2024 Refused
Pavement Outside 3-10 Piccadilly Manchester M1 3BN
Removal and replacement of existing red double telephone kiosks with single black digital…
139687/FO/2024
2024 Refused
Pavement Outside 3-10 Piccadilly Manchester
Installation of a digital advertising display integrated within replacement digital commu…
139688/AOH/2024
2018 Approved
Pavement Adjacent To 1 Piccadilly Near The Junction Of Piccadilly And Lever Street
Erection of 2.5m high non-illuminated wayfinding signage.
119616/AO/2018
2018 Approved
Wellington House 39 Piccadilly Manchester M1 1LQ
Change of use of the ground and first floors to an amusement centre (sui generis), with e…
118338/FO/2017
2018 Approved
3rd Floor 1 Portland Street Manchester M1 3BE
Change of use from Office (Class B1(a)) to a flexible use of a consulate (sui generis)/of…
120145/FO/2018
2018 Approved
Wellington House 39 Piccadilly Manchester M1 1LQ
Display of 5 no. internally illuminated individual letter fascia signs, fixed to railings…
120502/AO/2018
2018 Approved
35 Dale Street Manchester M1 2HF
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for internal alterations at second floor level to form reception…
120409/LO/2018
Manchester
Planning Authority Score
6.8/10
Good
#68 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Manchester ranks #146 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Manchester decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #174 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #84 of 296
65%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #146 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #59 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
82 decided (1-9 homes)
94%
Major dwellings approved
54 decided (10+ homes)
65%
Change of use approved
49 decided
1,924
Total decisions
242 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.