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.
16,998 approved · 1,995 refused · 1,221 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
88 School Lane Manchester M20 6GH
Received Not published24 Kenmore Road Manchester M22 4AF
Received Not published35 Old Church Street Manchester M40 2JN
Received Not published105-107 Princess House Princess Street Manchester M1 6DD
Received Not published193 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 5AQ
Received Not published5 Roxby Walk Manchester M40 0EX
Received Not publishedDidsbury Technology Park - Phase 3 Princess Road Manchester M20 2UR
Received Not published88 Tib Street Manchester M4 1LG
Received Not published619-627 Rochdale Road Manchester
Received Not published40 King Street West Manchester M3 2WY
Received Not publishedLand Off Oldham Road (A62), Dulverton Street, Holyoak Street And Droylsden Road Manchester
Received Not published31 Parkville Road Manchester M20 4TX
Received Not published95 Oxford Street Manchester M1 6ET
Received Not published95 Oxford Street Manchester M1 6ET
Received Not published588 Altrincham Road Manchester M23 9JH
Received Not publishedOlympic Freight Terminal Storage Land Bennett Street Manchester M12 5NL
Received Not publishedBrunswick Neighbourhood Manchester M13 9TQ
Received Not published70 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5ES
Received Not publishedCarlogie House 365 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 6AH
Received Not published121 Lapwing Lane Manchester M20 6US
Received Not published63 Clyde Road Manchester M20 2WW
Received Not publishedCar Spaces Ocean House Towers Business Park Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 2LY
Received Not published14 Stenson Square Manchester M11 1FW
Received Not published10 Stephen Hunt Street Manchester M4 6JX
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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