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.
15,146 approved · 1,859 refused · 1,131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Loreto College 146 Chichester Road Manchester M15 5PB
Received Not published1313 Ashton Old Road Manchester M11 1JS
Received Not publishedFormer Stagecoach Depot Site Princess Road Manchester M14 7LS
Received Not publishedNew Century Hall Mayes Street Manchester M60 4ES
Received Not publishedSite Bound By Thompson Street To The North East, Oldham Road To The South, Bendix Street To The South West And A Building Occupied By Turning Point To The North West Manchester
Received Not published13 Milverton Road Manchester M14 5PL
Received Not published1 Kathleen Grove Manchester M14 5GY
Received Not published56 Bank House Road Manchester M9 8LT
Received Not published67 Broadhill Road Manchester M19 1AR
Received Not published2 Coleby Avenue Manchester M22 5HH
Received Not published20/22 Clyde Road Manchester M20 2HN
Received Not published5 Grindley Avenue Manchester M21 7NE
Received Not published97 Claude Road Manchester M21 8DE
Received Not publishedClarksville Farm Crescent Road Manchester M8 5ZA
Received Not published15 Merrow Walk Manchester M1 7JN
Received Not publishedThe Printworks Withy Grove Manchester M4 2BS
Received Not publishedPrincess House 105 - 107 Princess Street Manchester M1 6DD
Received Not published111 Piccadilly Manchester M1 2HY
Received Not publishedFarm Centre Heaton Park Middleton Road Manchester M25 2SW
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Addington Street, Marshall Street, Cross Keys Street And Chadderton Street Manchester M4 4RJ
Received Not published438 Victoria Avenue East Manchester M40 5SH
Received Not published10 Woodford Gardens Manchester M20 2TF
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Back Turner Street, Shudehill, Soap Street And High Street Manchester M4 1FR
Received Not publishedBarclay House 35 Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5NG
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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