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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.
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Manchester City Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Manchester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates20,436Searchable applications
674Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 16,797 approved or refused records
1,850Refused applications
14,947 approved · 1,850 refused · 1,127 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas34 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas1 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified. Includes 1 council-wide authority outline
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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.
More application records
- Final130728/FO/2021
Alterations to car parking and additional bin stores
101 Great Western Street Manchester M14 4AA
Received Not published - Final130754/LO/2021
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for internal alterations within part of ground floor, including the installation of condensing unit within existing bin store
35 Dale Street Manchester M1 2HF
Received Not published - Final130779/FH/2021
Installation of driveway and 1.2 m high fencing
23 Wensley Drive Manchester M20 3DD
Received Not published - FinalCDN/21/0460
Discharge of Condition 10 (Drainage) attached to planning permission reference 118482/ FO/2017
Portway Hotel Ruddpark Road Manchester M22 0DN
Received Not published - Final130807/FH/2021
Erection of single storey rear extensions to provide additional living accommodation
14 Ransfield Road Manchester M21 9QH
Received Not published - Final132416/FO/2021
Erection of two buildings part 27, 20, 17 storeys and part 11 and 10 storeys to form a mixed use development comprising of 461 residential apartments (Use Class C3a) and ground floor commercial uses (Use Class E) (718 sqm) together with public realm including courtyard pocket park, landscaping, car parking and other associated works
Land Bounded By The Travelodge And Surface Level Carparking To The North, Further Surface Level Carparking To The East, Manchester College To The South And Bury New Road To The West Manchester
Received Not published - Final132417/TCA/2021
Works to trees - T1 Elm crown lift to 3m; T2 Beech clear light; T3 Chestnut crown lift to up to 5m, reduce back from building;T4 Cypress x3 reduce back from building; T5 Lime x2 crown lift to 5m, reduce back from building; T6 Birch fell; T7 ornamental tree reduce back to the boundary; T8 Sycamore crown lift up to 4m; T9 removal sell seeded saplings; T10 Beech crown lift to 4m; G1 Ash x8, Sycamore x2 reduce back from the building by; 3 to 4m and remove a section of ivy from the base of the trees;
Philip Godlee Lodge 842 Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 2DS
Received Not published - FinalCDN/21/0934
Discharge of Conditions 5 (lighting) and 6 (pa system) attached to planning permission 124335/JO/2019
West Didsbury And Chorlton Football Club Brookburn Road Manchester M21 8FE
Received Not published - Final132477/FH/2021
Erection of a single storey rear extension and front porch
3 Redburn Road Manchester M23 1AH
Received Not published - FinalCDN/21/0935
Discharge of Condition 4 (drainage) attached to planning permission 131437/FH/2021
109 Parsonage Road Manchester M20 4WZ
Received Not published - Final132478/LP/2021
Certificate of lawful proposed development for the installation of rear dormer to form additional living accommodation
6 Whalley Avenue Manchester M21 8TU
Received Not published - Final132521/FH/2021
Erection of single storey rear extension and new detached garage following demolition of rear porch and garage; installation of replacement windows and elevational alterations to all elevations; re-roofing and installation of new rooflights
25 Parkfield Road South Manchester M20 6DB
Received Not published - Final133909/FO/2022
Change of Use of the Ground Floor and Basement to Class E (subsections - Retail (shops), Office, Cafe/Restaurant) and associated external alterations including insertion of new windows to basement
121 Princess Street Manchester M1 7AG
Received Not published - Final133910/NMC/2022
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 131598/FH/2021 to allow for revisions to the location of doors and windows
17 Dennison Avenue Manchester M20 1AE
Received Not published - Final133911/LP/2022
Erection of a single storey rear extension
128 Droylsden Road Manchester M40 1WT
Received Not published - Final133912/FH/2022
Erection of single storey rear extension to form additional living accommodation
14 Rimsdale Drive Manchester M40 0GN
Received Not published - FinalCDN/22/0350
Discharge of condition 2 (materials), 4 (CMP), 6 (drainage), 22 (ground conditions) and 25 (off site highway works) attached to planning permission referenced 129852/FO/2021
Chatsworth Mill Williams Road Gorton Manchester Manchester M18 7AY
Received Not published - FinalCDN/22/0351
Discharge of conditions 7 (Travel Plan), 10 (BREEAM) and 21 (drainage maintenance) attached to planning permission referenced 124763/JO/2019
Eden Boys Leadership Academy And Eden Girls Leadership Academy Rayburn Way Manchester M8 8DT
Received Not published - Final133928/NMC/2022
Non-material amendment to planning permission 119806/FO/2018 to remove condition 34 (BREEAM - commercial unit)
Land Bounded By Chester Road, Mancunian Way And Former Bridgewater Canal Offices Manchester
Received Not published - Final133963/FH/2022
Installation of step lift to front of property, together with the erection of a single storey rear extension and associated elevational alterations
44 Esmond Road Manchester M8 9LZ
Received Not published - Final135792/AO/2022
Retention of 1 non-illuminated surround sign and 1 illuminated logo panel to ATM
9 Bury New Road Manchester M8 8FW
Received Not published - Final135793/FO/2022
Erection of a single storey rear extension, hip-to-gable conversion and installation of rear dormer
2 Exbury Street Manchester M14 6RF
Received Not published - Final135794/FO/2022
Erection of single storey rear extension, with hip-to-gable conversion and installation of rear dormer
14 Exbury Street Manchester M14 6RF
Received Not published - Final135795/FO/2022
Erection of 7 two storey dwellinghouses (Use Class C3a) with associated, car parking, landscaping and boundary treatment and other associated works
Land In Between Palgrave Avenue And Queens Road Manchester M40 8QN
Received Not published
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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