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.
13,156 approved · 1,710 refused · 999 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Bloom Street Manchester M1 3HH
Received Not published60 Brookburn Road Manchester M21 8FE
Received Not published4 Church Lane Burnage Manchester M19 1GG
Received Not publishedRowan Lodge Carlton Road Manchester M16 8BE
Received Not publishedShipyard (Albert Shed) Water Street Manchester
Received Not publishedIrwell Street Bridge Water Street Side Manchester
Received Not publishedManchester Academy Moss Lane East Manchester M14 4PX
Received Not published27 Fernhill Drive Manchester M18 7DB
Received Not publishedCrown Street Phase 2 Manchester M15 4XL
Received Not published11 Gisburne Avenue Manchester M40 0LB
Received Not published2-6 Delaunays Road Manchester M8 4QS
Received Not published2 Delaunays Road Manchester M8 4QS
Received Not published15 Egerton Terrace Manchester M14 6RL
Received Not published32 Cresswell Grove Manchester M20 2NH
Received Not publishedSimon House Brownley Road Manchester M22 5RA
Received Not publishedWestwood Cottages Raby Street Manchester M14 4SU
Received Not publishedLand Off Gate Street/Victoria Street, To The Rear Of Nos 2-24 Range Street & 1-33 Hovis St To The Rear Of Nos 2-24 Range Street & 1-33 Hovis Street Manchester
Received Not published151 Buckingham Road Manchester M21 0RG
Received Not published7 Harefield Drive Manchester M20 2SZ
Received Not published48 Holly Street Manchester M11 3BN
Received Not published6 Marbury Avenue Manchester M14 7AJ
Received Not published19 Leyburn Road Manchester M40 5GZ
Received Not published49 Westholme Road Manchester M20 3QZ
Received Not publishedRammon House 1 Portugal Street East Manchester Manchester M1 2WX
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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