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.
14,820 approved · 1,831 refused · 1,118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Adventure Golf Junction Of Dantzic Street & Well Street The Printworks Manchester
Received Not published10 Folkestone Road East Manchester M11 4LL
Received Not publishedFlat 14 Brazil House 2 Brazil Street Manchester M1 3PW
Received Not publishedMindel House 10 Minshull Street Manchester M1 3EF
Received Not published11 Bloom Street Manchester M1 3HH
Received Not published1830 Warehouse Museum Of Science And Industry Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4FP
Received Not published1830 Warehouse Museum Of Science And Industry Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4FP
Received Not published21 Rippleton Road Manchester M22 9UJ
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Hulme Street To The North, Wilmott Street To The East, The Unite Parkway Gate Development And Mancunian Way To The South And Medlock Street To The West Manchester
Received Not published45 Newton Street Manchester M1 1FT
Received Not published13 Maitland Avenue Manchester M21 7ND
Received Not publishedMachester Cathedral Victoria Street Manchester M3 1SX
Received Not published1 The Grove Manchester M20 2RG
Received Not published17 Shudehill Manchester M4 2AF
Received Not published15 Broughville Drive Manchester M20 5WH
Received Not published33 Alness Road Manchester M16 8HL
Received Not published6 Bryant Close Manchester M13 9DL
Received Not published11 Stratford Avenue Manchester M20 2LH
Received Not published22 Brentbridge Road Manchester M14 6AS
Received Not published10 Yew Tree Crescent Manchester M14 7DL
Received Not publishedPlots 2 And 3 Only Land Between Mincing Street And Little Nelson Street Dantzic Street Manchester
Received Not published12 Red Cedar Close Manchester M9 7GS
Received Not publishedFormer Creamline Dairies Site Red Bank And Section Of Former Railway Manchester M4 4HF
Received Not publishedNorth Manchester Health Care Nhs Trust Central Drive Manchester Manchester M8 5RL
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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