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.
14,729 approved · 1,823 refused · 1,110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bridgewater House Great Jackson Street Manchester M15 4WG
Received Not publishedBridgewater House Great Jackson Street Manchester M15 4WG
Received Not published71 Victoria Road Manchester M16 8DQ
Received Not published119 Palatine Road Manchester M20 3YA
Received Not published24 105 Chorlton Villas Hardy Lane Manchester M21 8DN
Received Not published35 Monica Grove Manchester M19 2BQ
Received Not published48 Monica Grove Manchester M19 2BN
Received Not publishedOutside 27-29 King Street West Near Junction Of St Marys Parsonage Manchester M3 2PN
Received Not publishedOutside 27-29 King Street West Near Junction St Marys Parsonage Manchester M3 2PN
Received Not publishedJunction Of Albion Street & Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5DA
Received Not publishedJunction Of Albion Street & Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5DA
Received Not publishedPavement At Medlock Street, Near The Corner With Units 1A & 8 First Street Manchester M15 4FN
Received Not publishedPavement At Medlock Street Near The Corner With Unit 1A & Number 8 First Street Manchester M15 4FN
Received Not publishedPavement Outside Tesco Express Overseas House 11 Quay Street Manchester M3 3BB
Received Not publishedLand At The Corner Of Pollard Street And Munday Street Manchester M4 7AN
Received Not publishedLand To The South Of Cavendish Road Manchester
Received Not published2 Kingham Drive Manchester M4 7JT
Received Not publishedSite Bound By Oldham Road To The East, Marshall Street To The North East, Chadderton Street To The North West And Addington Street To The South West Manchester
Received Not published804 - 806 Oldham Road Manchester M40 2AB
Received Not published317 - 319 Dickenson Road Manchester M13 0NR
Received Not publishedPark Lodge Park Avenue Manchester M19 2EE
Received Not publishedSt Michaels Manchester M2 5GU
Received Not publishedSt Michaels Manchester M2 5GU
Received Not publishedSt Michaels Manchester M2 5GU
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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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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