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.
14,902 approved · 1,843 refused · 1,122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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 At Edge Lane Manchester
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Thompson Street, Mason Street, Bendix Street And Rochdale Road Manchester
Received Not published38 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3AZ
Received Not published13 Olney Avenue Manchester M22 8AB
Received Not published11 Bloom Street Manchester M1 3EF
Received Not publishedMindel House 10 Minshull Street Manchester M1 3EF
Received Not publishedPlots 2 & 3 Angel Meadow Land Bounded By Dantzic Street, Aspin Lane, Gould Street & Old Mount Street Manchester
Received Not published113 - 115 Portland Street Manchester M1 6DW
Received Not published113 - 115 Portland Street Manchester M1 6DW
Received Not published400 Platt Lane Manchester M14 7HJ
Received Not published90 Brantingham Road Manchester M16 8LZ
Received Not published260 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 6JR
Received Not published1 King Street Manchester M2 6AW
Received Not publishedRhodesia House 52 Princess Street Manchester M1 6JX
Received Not published40-42 Turnbull Road Manchester M13 0PY
Received Not publishedVictoria Mill 10 Lower Vickers Street Manchester M40 7LH
Received Not published26-28 Penzance Street Manchester M40 7BD
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Old Mill Street & Great Ancoats Street Manchester M4 6EE
Received Not publishedCorner Block Quay Street Manchester M3 3HN
Received Not published71 Wellington Street Manchester M18 8BE
Received Not published79 Heaton Road Manchester M20 4GW
Received Not published2-32 (even) Bridgnorth Road Manchester M9 8HN
Received Not publishedAlbert Bowling Club 39 - 41 Old Lansdowne Road Manchester M20 2PA
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Back Turner Street, Shudehill, Soap Street And High Street Manchester M4 1FR
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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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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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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