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.
16,102 approved · 1,931 refused · 1,178 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Woodlawn Court Manchester M16 9RJ
Received Not published37 Old Broadway Manchester M20 3DH
Received Not publishedFormer Stagecoach Depot Princess Road Manchester M14 7LS
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Abbey Hey Lane And Battersby Street Manchester
Received Not published1 Bloomesbury Avenue Manchester M20 2BN
Received Not published14 Aldridge Road Manchester M11 3DH
Received Not published56-58 Lloyd Street South Manchester M14 7HT
Received Not published18 Gildersdale Drive Manchester M9 0SN
Received Not published63 Knowsley Street Manchester M8 8HX
Received Not publishedSite Bound By Bendix Street To The North East, Chadderton Street To The South East, Goulden Street To The South West And Cross Keys Street To The North West Manchester
Received Not published138 Robinswood Road Manchester M22 0DD
Received Not published8 Callingdon Road Manchester M21 7GN
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Silvercroft Street, Crown Street And Mancunian Way Manchester M15 4AX
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of 4-20 Metcombe Way And Kylemore Way Manchester
Received Not published7 - 9 Piccadilly Manchester M1 1LZ
Received Not published588 Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 3DE
Received Not publishedCarding Building 42 Whitworth Street Manchester M1 3AR
Received Not published74 Hathersage Road Manchester M13 0FN
Received Not published74 Hathersage Road Manchester M13 0FN
Received Not publishedNorth Manchester General Hospital Delaunays Road Manchester M8 5RB
Received Not published25 Tannery Way Manchester M18 8LH
Received Not publishedFormer London Road Fire Station London Road Manchester M1 2PH
Received Not published400 Platt Lane Manchester M14 7HJ
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 115 Sale Road Manchester M23 0BU
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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