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.
13,470 approved · 1,732 refused · 1,016 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land On The Western Side Of Princess Road (South-West Of Its Junction With Bowes Street) Manchester M14 4RB
Received Not publishedH Marcel Guest Ltd Riverside Works Collyhurst Road Manchester M40 7RU
Received Not published10 Cranmer Road Manchester M20 6AW
Received Not published2 Glenmere Road Manchester M20 5PH
Received Not published1 Silk Street Manchester M4 6LZ
Received Not published14 Larke Rise Manchester M20 2UL
Received Not published45 Brantwood Terrace Manchester M9 4LR
Received Not published75 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3HR
Received Not published14 Crompton Road Manchester M19 2GH
Received Not publishedLarge Footway At North Side Of Junction Of Lower Vickers Street And Butler Street Manchester
Received Not publishedVarious Footways At Redhill Street, Junction Of New Islington And Woodward Street, Old Mill Street, Pollard Street, New Union Street Manchester
Received Not publishedFootway At Junction Of Ashton New Road And Darley Street And Rowsley Street Manchester
Received Not publishedVarious Footways At Piccadilly, Church Street, Store Street, Lena Street, Aytoun Street Manchester
Received Not publishedVarious Footways At George Street, Charlotte Street, Booth Street, Brown Street, New York Street, Portland Street, Pall Mall, Fountain Street Manchester
Received Not publishedNational Squash Centre Rowsley Street Manchester M11 3FF
Received Not published42 New Barns Avenue Manchester M21 7DG
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Old Mill Street And Great Ancoats Street Manchester M4 6EE
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Old Mill Street And Great Ancoats Street Manchester M4 6EE
Received Not published331 Mount Road Manchester M19 3HW
Received Not published1 Rammon House Ground Floor Portugal Street East Manchester M1 2WX
Received Not published5 Parry Road Manchester M12 5QD
Received Not published32-34 Laystall Street Manchester M1 2JZ
Received Not published14 Granville Gardens Manchester M20 2SX
Received Not publishedBuilding 401 Avro Way Manchester M90 5XR
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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