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.
15,359 approved · 1,874 refused · 1,143 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
47 Spring Gardens Manchester M2 2BG
Received Not published101 New Barns Avenue Manchester M21 7DB
Received Not published7 Yew Tree Crescent Manchester M14 7DL
Received Not publishedLand Between Nell Lane And Brookstone Close Manchester
Received Not publishedNutbank House 1 Nutbank Lane Manchester M9 6BH
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent 348 Droylsden Road Manchester M40 1GF
Received Not published82 Mauldeth Road West Manchester M20 1AB
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 116 Wilton Road Manchester M8 4PX
Received Not publishedHanover Building 130 Corporation Street Manchester M4 4GW
Received Not published36 Mayfield Road Manchester M16 8EU
Received Not published109 Parsonage Road Manchester M20 4WZ
Received Not published45 - 47 Newton Street Manchester M1 1FT
Received Not publishedLand And Buildings On The East Side Of Waterloo Road Manchester M8 8AE
Received Not published29 Oswald Road Manchester M21 9NL
Received Not publishedFlat 8 Priory Gardens Clothorn Road Manchester M20 6BG
Received Not publishedLand At Clayton Vale Country Park East Of Berry Brow Manchester M40 1GG
Received Not published470 Parrs Wood Road Manchester M20 5QQ
Received Not publishedRowan Lodge Carlton Road Manchester M16 8BE
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To The Railway Bridge On Stockport Road Opposite Slade Lane Manchester M13 0RZ
Received Not publishedOn The Corner Of Fairfield Street And Travis Street Manchester M1 2PZ
Received Not publishedThe Corner Of London Road And Store Street Manchester M1 2PF
Received Not publishedLongsight Slade Lane Adjacent To The Entrance Of Rushford Park Manchester M19 2AH
Received Not publishedAll Saints Campus Oxford Road Manchester M15 6BH
Received Not published7 Barway Road Manchester M21 9JZ
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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