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.
12,866 approved · 1,685 refused · 969 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Melling Street Manchester M12 4PH
Received Not publishedLand South Of Stables Car Park Paradise Wharf Ducie Street Manchester M1 2JN
Received Not published93 Slack Road Manchester M9 8NJ
Received Not publishedSt. James Safe Deposit Company Ltd 77 Oxford Street Manchester M1 6EG
Received Not publishedNeko Health Lincoln House Brazennose Street Manchester M2 5FJ
Received Not publishedCorner Of Reliance Street And Oldham Road Manchester M40 1EZ
Received Not publishedFormer London Road Fire Station London Road Manchester M1 2PH
Received Not published19 Parrs Wood Avenue Manchester M20 5WB
Received Not publishedLand Off Edge Lane Manchester
Received Not published12 - 20 St Anns Square Manchester M2 7JB
Received Not publishedFootpath Outside 527 Wilbraham Road Manchester M21 0UF
Received Not publishedFootpath On Ashton New Road Opposite Grey Mare Lane Junction Manchester M11 3FF
Received Not publishedDiecast Store Street Manchester M1 2JP
Received Not published401 Princess Road Manchester M14 7ER
Received Not published550 Mauldeth Road West Manchester M21 7AA
Received Not publishedRailway Bridge (MIA/2) Manchester Airport Manchester
Received Not publishedCoupland 3 Building Coupland Street Manchester M15 6FH
Received Not publishedSt Gabriels Hall Oxford Place Manchester M14 5RP
Received Not publishedCoupland 3 Building Coupland Street Manchester M15 6FH
Received Not published9 Derby Street 9 Cheetham Hill Manchester M8 8QE
Received Not published17-23 St Ann's Square Manchester M2 7PW
Received Not published12 Scarisbrick Road Manchester M19 2BS
Received Not published66 Dudley Road Manchester M16 8DE
Received Not publishedAncoats Mobility Hub 21 Poland Street Manchester M4 6NE
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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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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