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.
14,769 approved · 1,826 refused · 1,115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9-19 St Ann Street Manchester M2 7LG
Received Not published9-19 St Ann Street Manchester M2 7LG
Received Not published1018 Stockport Road Manchester M19 3WN
Received Not published3 Foxwood Gardens Manchester M19 1SN
Received Not published1 Spinningfields Square Manchester M3 3AP
Received Not published46 Beech Road Manchester M21 9EG
Received Not published95-97 Deansgate Manchester M3 2BQ
Received Not published30 Plymouth Avenue Manchester M13 0LZ
Received Not publishedMawlawi Kurdish Cultural Centre Parsonage Street Hulme Manchester M15 5WD
Received Not published30-32 Shudehill Manchester M4 1EZ
Received Not published17 Linden Park Manchester M19 2PQ
Received Not published16, 20 And 24 Kennedy Street Manchester M2 4BY
Received Not published9 Portstone Street Manchester M16 7LY
Received Not publishedFormer Manchester Metropolitan University Students Union Building 99 Oxford Road Manchester M1 7EL
Received Not publishedLand On The Corner Of Victoria Avenue And Chain Road Manchester
Received Not publishedBuilding 401 Avro Way Manchester M90 5XR
Received Not publishedCheshire Cheese Ph & Vacant Land (Formerly Nos 32-38) Oldham Road Manchester M4 5FE
Received Not publishedAnchors Away Play Centre Greenbrow Road Manchester M23 2XQ
Received Not published26 Midland Street Manchester M12 6LB
Received Not publishedSt Georges Residential Home Abbey Hey Lane Manchester M18 8RB
Received Not publishedLand On The Corner Of Victoria Avenue And Chain Road Manchester
Received Not published36 Charlotte Street Manchester M1 4FD
Received Not published25 Parkfield Road South Manchester M20 6DB
Received Not publishedFlat 1 80 Dudley Road Manchester M16 8BR
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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