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.
14,861 approved · 1,841 refused · 1,120 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
6 Netherwood Road Manchester M22 4BQ
Received Not publishedWM Morrisons Supermarkets Plc Wilbraham Road Manchester M21 0SD
Received Not publishedCar Park Mirabel Street Manchester Manchester M3 1PJ
Received Not published10 Ellesmere Road Manchester M21 0SR
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Back Turner Street, Shudehill, Soap Street And High Street Manchester M4 1FR
Received Not publishedLand Between Mincing Street And Little Nelson Street Dantzic Street Manchester
Received Not published105 Greame Street Manchester M14 4RN
Received Not published43 Douro Street Manchester M40 2AU
Received Not publishedGorton Library Garratt Way Manchester M18 8HE
Received Not published14 Bankside Road Manchester M20 5GD
Received Not published12 Frome Drive Manchester M8 0GA
Received Not published11 Baring Street Manchester M1 2PY
Received Not publishedLand At Poland Street Manchester M4 6AZ
Received Not publishedBrownfield Land Behind J&S Accessories Ltd Unit 4 Tower Mill Ashton Old Road Manchester M11 1AA
Received Not published15 Withenfield Road Manchester M23 9BT
Received Not published38 College Road Manchester M16 8FH
Received Not published36 Colliery Street Manchester M11 2AP
Received Not publishedNo 1 St Michaels Jacksons Row Manchester M2 5GU
Received Not publishedNo 1 St Michaels Jacksons Row Manchester M2 5GU
Received Not published45 Torbay Road Manchester M21 8XE
Received Not published53 - 55 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3HQ
Received Not publishedMinshull House And Minto & Turner Buildings Former Manchester Metropolitan University Aytoun Street Campus Chorlton Street Manchester M1 3FY
Received Not published18 Curzon Avenue Manchester M14 5PU
Received Not published448 Hollinwood Avenue Manchester M40 0JH
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage