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.
17,022 approved · 1,999 refused · 1,224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
118 Ladybarn Lane Manchester M14 6YH
Received Not published47 Plowden Road Manchester M22 1GT
Received Not published87 Cranleigh Drive Manchester M33 3PT
Received Not published62 Hill Lane Manchester M9 6PF
Received Not published69 Shawbrook Road Manchester M19 1JF
Received Not publishedLand Containing Car Park Between Addington Street And Marshall Street Manchester
Received Not published2 Green Walk Manchester M16 9RF
Received Not publishedThe Oaks Business Park, Heron House Crewe Road Manchester M23 9HZ
Received Not published29 Ashdene Road Manchester M20 4WX
Received Not published69 Burnage Hall Road Manchester M19 2JZ
Received Not published26 St Werburghs Road Manchester M21 0TJ
Received Not publishedThe Old Stationmasters House 48 Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JH
Received Not published11 Fairlea Avenue Manchester M20 6GN
Received Not published200-204 Deansgate Manchester M3 3NN
Received Not published1 Brunswick Neighbourhood Manchester M13 9TQ
Received Not publishedLowry House 17 Marble Street Manchester M2 3AW
Received Not published35 Ellisland Walk Manchester M40 5LS
Received Not publishedOxygen Tower 50 Store Street Manchester M1 2FS
Received Not published8 Woodside Road Manchester M16 0BT
Received Not published309 Withington Road Manchester M21 0YA
Received Not published33 Filey Road Manchester M14 6GG
Received Not published1 Crombie Avenue Manchester M22 4SG
Received Not published11 Naburn Street Manchester M13 0FL
Received Not published8 Woodside Road Manchester M16 0BT
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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