Manchester City Council • 145428/LO/2026
Internal fire safety doors proposed inside listed University of Manchester hall of residence
Floor G Houldsworth Hulme Hall Oxford Place Manchester M14 5RR
An application has been made to install two new corridor fire doors and treat existing timber fire doors with fire-resistant coating inside Houldsworth Hall, a listed building in the Victoria Park Conservation Area.
- Status
- pending
- Type
- listed_building
- Consultation ends
- 2026-04-11
Summary
The application proposes two new cross-corridor fire doors on the first floor of Houldsworth Hall, plus intumescent coating on existing timber fire-resistant doors on both the ground and first floors. Intumescent coating swells when heated, helping stop fire and smoke spreading through a building. These are internal works only — nothing on the outside of the building would change. Houldsworth Hall is a University of Manchester hall of residence sitting within the Victoria Park Conservation Area. Hume Hall, a Grade II listed building, is about a 1-minute walk away. Manchester Royal Infirmary and Xaverian College are each a couple of minutes' walk from the site. The works appear to be fire safety improvements. However, two heritage documents — a Heritage Impact Assessment and a Heritage Statement — have not been submitted with the application. Manchester City Council will need these before it can assess whether the works could affect the building's special historic character.
What you can do
You can submit comments on this application using reference 145428/LO/2026 through Manchester City Council's online planning portal. The council can consider impacts on the listed building and the Victoria Park Conservation Area, but not personal views about the applicant. To carry weight, comments should focus on heritage impact or the missing documents.