1 City Road East Manchester M15 4PN Data via plota.co.uk

144086/FO/2025 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Retention of car park for a temporary period of 12 months Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Sept 2025
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Validated
11 Nov 2025
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Approved
29 May 2026

Approved on 29 May 2026 · Committee · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Manchester Planning Committee on 28 May 2026.

Approved

  • Officers advised approval because the temporary car park supported regeneration, with minor localised noise and air-quality effects.
  • Residents and a councillor objected over traffic, air quality, noise, safety, hoardings and effects on redevelopment.
  • The Committee approved the application subject to conditions after discussing the site’s long-term use, carbon neutrality and electric vehicle charging.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, committee discussion and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Manchester's committee minutes of 28 May 2026.

Site constraints 5

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
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
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; 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 8 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £10,050,000 in October 2017. Other property, leasehold.

9 October 2017£10,050,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area75 m² (807 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (62 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached flat, 3 habitable rooms
Built1996 to 2002
HeatingElectric storage heaters
WallsSystem built, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2010, 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
M15 4PN
Received
26 Sept 2025
Validated
11 Nov 2025
Ward
Deansgate
Case officer
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Target decision
30 May 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
29 May 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 199 days from validation, 143 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 8 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
5 Dec 2025
Committee
28 May 2026
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.