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.
17,052 approved · 2,005 refused · 1,224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Springdale Gardens Manchester M20 2SS
Received Not publishedLand At Portugal Street East Manchester M1 2WX
Received Not publishedLand At Portugal Street East Manchester M1 2WX
Received Not published140 Palatine Road Manchester M20 2QH
Received Not publishedFlat Above 338 Moston Lane Manchester M40 9JS
Received Not publishedMarlsbro House 52 - 54 Newton Street Manchester M1 1ED
Received Not publishedSt Clares Rc Primary School Victoria Avenue Blackley Manchester M9 0RR
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 published226 Brantingham Road Manchester M21 0TX
Received Not published29 Clothorn Road Manchester M20 6BG
Received Not published5 Martlesham Walk Manchester M4 1LY
Received Not published8 Roxburgh Street Manchester M18 8WX
Received Not publishedBrunswick Neighbourhood Manchester M13 9TQ
Received Not published33 Astoria Avenue Manchester M40 2GB
Received Not published23 Meadow Bank Manchester M21 8EF
Received Not published72 Bloomesbury Avenue Manchester M20 2BN
Received Not published20 Worthington Street Manchester M40 0BB
Received Not published7 Alliott Walk Manchester M15 5EW
Received Not published7 Alliott Walk Manchester M15 5EW
Received Not published20 Woodhouse Street Manchester M18 8PD
Received Not publishedGreater Manchester Pte Bus Depot Princess Road Manchester M14 7LS
Received Not published62 Sale Road Manchester M23 0DE
Received Not published27 Beechwood Avenue Manchester M21 8UA
Received Not published93 Birch Hall Lane Manchester M13 0XY
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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