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Manchester City Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Manchester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

24,294Searchable applications

714Recorded as pending

90%Approval rate · 20,140 approved or refused records

2,091Refused applications

18,049 approved · 2,091 refused · 1,308 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas34 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areas1 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified. Includes 1 council-wide authority outline

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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.

More application records

Final136879/FO/2023
Erection of a warehouse building (Use Class B8) with ancillary office accommodation (totalling 8,568m? gross internal area) and associated parking, access and landscaping
Hangar 4 Pinfold Lane Manchester Airport Manchester M90 5PQ
Received Not published
Final136880/FO/2023
Change of use of the ground floor from a restaurant/cafe (Use Class E) to a hot food takeaway (sui generis) together with external plant, ventilation and extraction equipment and minor external alterations
Unit 33 Harpurhey Shopping Centre Lee Road Manchester M9 4DH
Received Not published
Final136881/TEL/2023
Prior Approval application for the installation of a 15m high telecommunications mast, supporting six antennas, together with three associated equipment cabinets.
Pavement Outside Colonnade House 163 Kingsway Manchester M19 2JN
Received Not published
FinalCDN/23/0285
Discharge of planning condition 3 (phase 3) (Materials) attached to planning permission 131612/JO/2021.
No 1 St Michaels Jacksons Row Manchester M2 5GU
Received Not published
Final136895/FH/2023
Erection of a single storey side extension, extension to basement and formation of new stairwell to rear in association with enlargement of habitable space, and relocation of rear/side entrance gate.
100 Sandy Lane Manchester M21 8TZ
Received Not published
Final130163/PDE/2021
Prior notification of proposed larger home extension projecting 5m to the rear with a maximum height of 4m and a height at eaves of 3m
27 Netherwood Road Manchester M22 4BW
Received Not published
Final130616/FH/2021
Erection of two storey side and part single, part two storey rear extension to form additional living accommodation and garage following demolition of existing garage - alterations to planning approval 127029/FH/2020
15 Avonlea Drive Manchester M19 1AH
Received Not published
Final130617/FH/2021
Installation of detached shed/cycle garage in rear garden fronting onto Millgate Lane
16 Kingston Road Manchester M20 2RZ
Received Not published
Final130619/FH/2021
Erection of single storey rear extension to form additional living accommodation
154 Brantingham Road Manchester M21 0TS
Received Not published
FinalCDN/21/0427
Discharge of condition 6 (car parking and drop-off arrangements) of planning permission ref: 128960/FO/2020
Connell Sixth Form College 301 Alan Turing Way Manchester M11 3BS
Received Not published
Final127977/TCA/2020
Works to tree - proposed crown lift by 9m
16 Hazel Avenue Manchester M16 8DY
Received Not published
Final127978/LP/2020
Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development - Erection of a single storey rear extension together with the installation of rear dormer
20 Crofton Street Manchester M14 4DX
Received Not published
Final127979/LP/2020
Certificate of proposed lawful development for the erection rear roof extensions and windows to the front roof plane.
43 Bankfield Avenue Manchester M13 0YQ
Received Not published
Final127980/FH/2020
Erection of a first floor rear extension to form additional living accommodation
110 Birchfields Road Manchester M14 6PF
Received Not published
Final127981/FO/2020
Change of use of first floor from restaurant, together with installation of dormer window to the rear, to form 1 no. self contained flat with access from Wilmslow Road. with associated elevation alterations
527A Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 4BA
Received Not published
Final127982/TPO/2020
Works to trees - proposed pollarding of 3 Lime trees in the front and side garden area
46 Parsonage Road Manchester M20 4PT
Received Not published
Final127983/TPO/2020
Works to trees - proposed pruning works to a Horse Chestnut
18 Evans Close Manchester M20 2SQ
Received Not published
Final128054/FO/2020
Temporary Change of use for a period of 5 years at Units 12-16 to mixed use Class B8 (storage and distribution); and at Units 17-18 to use class B2 (Microbrewery) and class B8 (storage and distribution).
Piccadilly Trading Estate Giddings Road Manchester M1 2NP
Received Not published
Final128281/FO/2020
Proposed shop front alterations
481 - 483 Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 4AN
Received Not published
FinalCDN/20/0783
Discharge of Conditions 3 (materials), 19 (drainage) and 25 (electric vehicle charging points) attached to planning permission 126681/VO/2020
Former North Hulme Adventure Playground Jackson Crescent Manchester M15 5AL
Received Not published
Final129168/JO/2021
Variation of Listed Building Consent 127365/LO/2020 to alter conditions 2, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 to make alterations to the ground floor including enlargement of amenity area, reducing the size of the commercial floorspace, together with alterations to the cycle store and access, relocation and enlargement of residents lounge to level 1 together with alterations to boundary treatment and enlargement of gym floor spaces to podium together with associated alterations to public realm and elevational alterations
Former Bauer Millett Site Albion Street Manchester
Received Not published
Final129169/NMC/2021
Non material amendment to planning permission referenced 127711/JO/2020 to allow for the substitution of the proposed facing brick for an alternative product, for plots 18 to 37, and 42 to 45, with the incorporation of a a corbel detail to integrate the alternative brick , and with the alternative brick used for all elevations for plots 38 to 41.
Crossley Street Manchester M18 8BA
Received Not published
Final129187/FO/2021
Erection of 24 houses and 19 apartments (43 in total) comprising of three and four storey residential properties (C3a) with associated landscaping, car parking, boundary treatment and other associated works.
Land Bounded By Butler Street Oldham Road And Gunson Street Manchester M4 6JP
Received Not published
FinalCDN/21/0081
Discharge of conditions 17 (fume extraction), 18 (hours of operation) and 31 (sub station design) attached to planning permission referenced 127087/JO/2020
Site Of Former Bellamy Court Abbey Hay Lane Manchester M18 8DU
Received Not published

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What these statistics cover

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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