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.
13,875 approved · 1,762 refused · 1,042 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Bounded By Upper Brook Street & Kincardine Road Manchester M13 9TD
Received Not publishedSite Of Former Day Nursery Longhurst Road Manchester M9 8NS
Received Not published29 Montana Square Manchester M11 1LQ
Received Not publishedWythenshawe Town FC Timpson Road Manchester M23 9LL
Received Not published212 Hollyhedge Road Manchester M22 4QN
Received Not published111 Princess Road Manchester M14 4RB
Received Not published29 Lombard Grove Manchester M14 6AN
Received Not published446 Moss Lane East Manchester M14 4PW
Received Not published236 Brantingham Road Manchester M21 0QZ
Received Not publishedFourways House 57 Hilton Street Manchester M1 2EJ
Received Not publishedFlat G01 Jefferson Place 1 Fernie Street Manchester M4 4AZ
Received Not publishedLand Off Edge Lane Openshaw Manchester
Received Not published260 Manley Road Manchester M21 0RD
Received Not publishedMcdonalds 312 - 316 Barlow Moor Road Manchester M21 8AY
Received Not publishedCommunity Nurses Centre Beech Mount Manchester M9 5XS
Received Not publishedGround Floor And First Floor 69 Dickenson Road Manchester M14 5AZ
Received Not publishedAlberton House 30 St Marys Parsonage Manchester M3 2WJ
Received Not published340 Deansgate Manchester M3 4LY
Received Not published97 Piccadilly Manchester M1 2DB
Received Not publishedMuseum And Art Gallery Queens Park Rochdale Road Manchester M9 5SH
Received Not published35 Carsdale Road Manchester M22 0LS
Received Not published3 Courtfield Avenue Manchester M9 6RT
Received Not published105 - 107 Deansgate Manchester M3 2BQ
Received Not published105 - 107 Deansgate Manchester M3 2BQ
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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