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.
15,767 approved · 1,914 refused · 1,166 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Brogan Street And Garlick Street Manchester
Received Not publishedTesco Extra Hyde Road Manchester M18 8LD
Received Not publishedMindel House And 11 Bloom Street Manchester M1 3HH
Received Not publishedNational Football Museum Urbis Cathedral Gardens Corporation Street Manchester M4 3BG
Received Not publishedUnit 5 Peter House 2 - 14 Oxford Street Manchester M1 5AZ
Received Not published4 Angel Square Corporation Street Manchester M4 4FW
Received Not published13 Longhope Road Manchester M22 1UP
Received Not published40 Corkland Road Manchester M21 8XA
Received Not published125 Oswald Road Manchester M21 9GE
Received Not published711 Stockport Road Manchester M19 3AG
Received Not publishedLand Beneath The Railway Viaduct, Between The Bridgewater Canal And Adjacent Bridgewater Canal Basin Potato Wharf Manchester M3 4LA
Received Not published597 Cheetham Hill Road Manchester M8 5EJ
Received Not published255 Burton Road Manchester M20 2WA
Received Not publishedMoss Side Leisure Centre Moss Lane East Manchester M15 5NN
Received Not published2D Albert Street Manchester M11 3AU
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Dantzic Street, Gould Street, Williamson Street And Bromley Street (Known As Victoria Riverside) Manchester
Received Not published2 St Peters Square Manchester M2 3AA
Received Not published2 St Peters Square Manchester M2 3AA
Received Not published569-571 Kingsway Manchester M19 1PL
Received Not published5 Rawpool Gardens Manchester M23 1BN
Received Not published7 Bempton Drive Manchester M20 2WD
Received Not publishedX1 Eastbank Tower Manchester M4 7LR
Received Not published31 Marleyer Close Manchester M40 0AB
Received Not published15 St Werburghs Road Manchester M21 0TL
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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