Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Manchester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
12,405 approved · 1,635 refused · 933 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Council-wide HMO scope — Manchester City Council · checked 14 Sept 2026 · Outline geometry: Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
74 St Ives Road Manchester M14 5NH
Received Not publishedPall Mall Court 67 King Street Manchester M2 4PD
Received Not publishedGrange School Matthews Lane Manchester M12 4GR
Received Not publishedThe Castings 9 Heyrod Street Manchester M1 2DY
Received Not published74 King Street Manchester M2 4NJ
Received Not published59 Broadhill Road Manchester M19 1AR
Received Not publishedRutherford Building Coupland Street Manchester M13 9GP
Received Not publishedFormer Clyde Court Nursing Home 22 - 24 Lapwing Lane Manchester M20 2NS
Received Not published6A Piccadilly Plaza Manchester M1 4AH
Received Not published1524 Ashton Old Road Manchester M11 1HN
Received Not published74 King Street Manchester M2 4NJ
Received Not publishedFriendship Tavern 786 - 788 Hyde Road Manchester M18 7JD
Received Not publishedWilliam Temple Church Robinswood Road Wythenshawe M22 0BU
Received Not publishedWater Street Manchester M3 4JQ
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Manchester Fallowfield Campus Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 6HD
Received Not publishedLand On The Corner Of Victoria Avenue And Chain Road, Manchester
Received Not publishedWhittaker Street Moston Manchester M40 9LY
Received Not publishedAncoats Dispensary Old Mill Street Manchester M4 6EB
Received Not publishedFlat 26 Lancaster House 71 Whitworth Street Manchester M1 6LQ
Received Not published1110 - 1112 Rochdale Road Manchester M9 6FQ
Received Not published17 Upper West Grove Manchester M13 0BB
Received Not publishedBasement And Ground Floor 24 Dale Street Manchester M1 1FY
Received Not publishedUnit 3 Manchester Fort Shopping Park Cheetham Hill Road Manchester M8 8EP
Received Not published15 Sandering Drive Manchester M8 8YT
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Manchester City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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