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.
14,605 approved · 1,810 refused · 1,101 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
17 And 19 Stockton Road Manchester M21 9FB
Received Not publishedAlexandra Park Health Centre 2 Whitswood Close Manchester M16 7AP
Received Not published19 Leyburn Road Manchester M40 5GZ
Received Not published12A Victoria Square Oldham Road Manchester M4 5DX
Received Not publishedVirgin Media Timpson Road Manchester M23 9WX
Received Not published1093 Stockport Road Manchester M19 2RE
Received Not published47 Market Street Manchester M1 1WR
Received Not published8 Meadow Bank Manchester M21 8FP
Received Not published129 Barlow Moor Road Manchester M20 2AJ
Received Not published11 Sarnesfield Close Manchester M12 4PZ
Received Not publishedSchool Bungalow College Road Manchester M16 0AA
Received Not published321 Dickenson Road Manchester M13 0NR
Received Not publishedPlots E1, E2, E3 Of The 2018 Revised Airport City North Masterplan. The Masterplan Area Is Bounded By Thornley Lane To The North, Bailey Lane To The East And The M56 To The South Manchester
Received Not published26 Sandbach Avenue Manchester M14 7EG
Received Not publishedArcadia Library And Leisure Centre 868 Stockport Road Manchester M19 3BP
Received Not published29 Parkfield Road South Manchester M20 6DH
Received Not published542 Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 4BY
Received Not published18 Hamilton Road Manchester M13 0PB
Received Not published34 Morville Road Manchester M21 0UR
Received Not publishedHough End Leisure Centre 480 Princess Road Manchester M20 1NA
Received Not published26 St Werburghs Road Manchester M21 0TJ
Received Not published11 Bloom Street Manchester M1 3HH
Received Not publishedMindel House 10 Minshull Street Manchester M1 3EF
Received Not publishedNicholls Sixth Form Centre Ford Street Manchester M12 6BA
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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