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.
14,948 approved · 1,850 refused · 1,127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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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.
315 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 6NW
Received Not publishedVictoria House Great Ancoats Street Manchester M4 7BD
Received Not published25 Egmont Street Manchester M8 9LY
Received Not published17 Wembley Road Manchester M18 7PG
Received Not publishedJohn Dalton West/John Dalton Tower Chester Street Manchester M1 5GD
Received Not publishedLand To The North East Of Enterprise Way Bounded By Roxholme Walk & Dentdale Walk And The Rear Of Lincombe Road And Felskirk Road To The North Manchester M22 1PU
Received Not published24 Roker Avenue Manchester M13 0TP
Received Not published18 Parkbrook Road Manchester M23 1AN
Received Not publishedAncoats Dispensary Old Mill Street Manchester M4 6EB
Received Not publishedMoss Side Fire Station Boxing Club 9 Denhill Road Manchester M15 5NR
Received Not publishedLand Off Chicago Avenue Manchester Airport Manchester M90 3RA
Received Not published60 Whalley Road Manchester M16 8AH
Received Not published73 South Drive Manchester M21 8ED
Received Not publishedFlat 1 20 Whalley Road Manchester M16 8AB
Received Not published77 Egerton Road South Manchester M21 0YH
Received Not published577 Barlow Moor Road Manchester M21 8AE
Received Not published14 Jetson Street Manchester M18 8TA
Received Not publishedUnit 3 73-83 Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4AQ
Received Not published2 Energy Street Manchester M40 7ZQ
Received Not published14 Hembury Avenue Manchester M19 1FH
Received Not published33 Nancy Street Manchester M15 4FZ
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Old Mill Street And Great Ancoats Street Manchester M4 6EE
Received Not published17 Gaddum Road Manchester M20 6SY
Received Not published90 St Werburghs Road Manchester M21 0UL
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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