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.
18,607 approved · 2,132 refused · 1,346 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Newhey Avenue Manchester M22 8LP
Received Not publishedLand At Manchester Metropolitan University Aytoun Campus Aytoun Street Manchester M1 3GH
Received Not published66 Avon Road Manchester M19 1JW
Received Not published189 Burnage Lane Manchester M19 1FE
Received Not published17 Piccadilly Manchester M1 1LS
Received Not published12 Hadley Avenue Manchester M13 0UU
Received Not published55 South Drive Manchester M21 8DZ
Received Not publishedSt Bedes College Alexandra Road South Manchester M16 8HX
Received Not published174 Manley Road Manchester M16 8NE
Received Not publishedNorth Manchester Health Care NHS Trust Central Drive Manchester M8 5RL
Received Not published1 Commercial Street Manchester M15 4PZ
Received Not published10 Crescent Range Manchester M14 5RW
Received Not published8 Longton Avenue Manchester M20 3JN
Received Not publishedHeaton Park, Horticultural Centre Middleton Road Manchester Manchester M25 2SW
Received Not published14 Kirkby Avenue Manchester M40 5HN
Received Not published10 Totnes Road Manchester M21 8XF
Received Not published4 Redrose Crescent Manchester M19 2WT
Received Not published409 Wilbraham Road Manchester M21 0UT
Received Not publishedBendix Street Manchester
Received Not published43 Peel Hall Road Manchester M22 5DW
Received Not published14 Delacourt Road Manchester M14 6BX
Received Not publishedOdeon Cinema Oxford Street Manchester M1 4PD
Received Not publishedExpress Building 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL
Received Not published58 Granby House 61 Granby Row Manchester M1 7AR
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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