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.
15,339 approved · 1,873 refused · 1,142 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
355 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 6XU
Received Not publishedSt Edwards Parish Hall Thurloe Street Manchester M14 5SG
Received Not publishedCity Store Etihad Stadium Ashton New Road Manchester M11 3FF
Received Not publishedCity Store Etihad Stadium Ashton New Road Manchester M11 3FF
Received Not publishedParkway Gate 50 Chester Street Manchester M15 6JH
Received Not publishedEtihad Stadium Ashton New Road Manchester M11 3FF
Received Not publishedApollo Theatre Stockport Road Manchester M12 6AP
Received Not published88 Carlton Avenue Manchester M14 7NL
Received Not publishedLand At Corner Of Wyre Street And Fairfield Street Manchester M1 2PW
Received Not publishedLand On The Roundabout Of Kingsway And Moseley Road Manchester M19 2LL
Received Not published95 Northen Grove Manchester M20 2JL
Received Not published34 Old Lansdowne Road Manchester M20 2WU
Received Not published6 Oldham Road Manchester M4 5DB
Received Not published63 Knowsley Street Manchester M8 8HX
Received Not publishedColeshill Street Manchester M40 8HH
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Dantzic Street, Gould Street, Williamson Street And Bromley Street (Known As Victoria Riverside) Manchester
Received Not publishedGround Floor 321 Dickenson Road Manchester M13 0NR
Received Not published41 - 43 Faulkner Street Manchester M1 4EE
Received Not published41 - 43 Faulkner Street Manchester M1 4EE
Received Not published247 Upper Brook Street Manchester M13 0HL
Received Not publishedMayfield Baring Street Manchester
Received Not publishedBridge Street Manchester M3 5AH
Received Not publishedLand At Heyrod Street Manchester M1 2WW
Received Not published12 Maidford Close Manchester M4 7EG
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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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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