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.
14,402 approved · 1,797 refused · 1,090 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ormond Building Lower Ormond Street Hulme Manchester M15 6BX
Received Not published215 Firbank Road Manchester M23 2YG
Received Not publishedHarpurhey Shopping Centre, Unit 21 Lee Road Manchester M9 4DH
Received Not publishedUnit 21 Harpurhey Shopping Centre Lee Road Manchester M9 4DH
Received Not published80 Old Hall Lane Manchester M14 6HN
Received Not published10 Chorlton Green Manchester M21 9HS
Received Not published32 Acorn Close Manchester M19 2HS
Received Not published6 Oxford Court Manchester M2 3WQ
Received Not publishedNew Century Hall Mayes Street Manchester M60 4ES
Received Not published49 Tottenham Drive Manchester M23 9WH
Received Not publishedCity Football Academy 400 Ashton New Road Manchester M11 4TQ
Received Not publishedWeavers Quay 51 Old Mill Street Manchester M4 6GA
Received Not published9-19 St Ann Street Manchester M2 7LG
Received Not published10 Bonhill Walk Manchester M11 4EB
Received Not published9-19 St Ann Street Manchester M2 7LG
Received Not published321 Deansgate Manchester M3 4LQ
Received Not publishedPetrol Filling Station Chancellor Lane Manchester M12 6JZ
Received Not published7 Avoncourt Drive Manchester M20 2QD
Received Not published7 Denis Avenue Manchester M16 8HY
Received Not published138 Robinswood Road Manchester M22 0DD
Received Not published80 The Fairway Manchester M40 3WS
Received Not publishedJ Allcock And Sons Ltd Ambrose Street Manchester M12 5DD
Received Not published20 Biddall Drive Manchester M23 1PF
Received Not published101 Princess Street Manchester M1 6DD
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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