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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

26,029Searchable applications

715Recorded as pending

90%Approval rate · 21,664 approved or refused records

2,209Refused applications

19,455 approved · 2,209 refused · 1,400 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Final137270/FH/2023
Installation of external wall insulation to rear elevations of dwellinghouse.
29 Cuthbert Avenue Manchester M19 3DG
Received Not published
Final137271/FH/2023
Installation of external wall insulation to rear elevations of dwellinghouse
31 Cuthbert Avenue Manchester M19 3DG
Received Not published
Final137272/FH/2023
Installation of external wall insulation
33 Cuthbert Avenue Manchester M19 3DG
Received Not published
Final137273/FO/2023
Reconfiguration and extension of existing buildings to form 35 apartments in total (7 no. new apartments - Class C3) together with elevational alterations and amended car parking area, amenity space and landscaping
79-85 Hathersage Road Manchester M13 0EW
Received Not published
Final137274/FH/2023
Erection of a two storey side and single storey front extension to form additional living accommodation and demolition of existing rear conservatory
16 Brynton Road Manchester M13 0RB
Received Not published
Final137275/FO/2023
Creation of community growing project including the installation of 15 freestanding planters (measuring 3m x 1m x 1m), a freestanding polytunnel (measuring 5m x 3m x 2m) for a temporary period of three years.
Land At Whitley Road Manchester
Received Not published
Final137276/FO/2023
Removal of backing panel to the vertical louvres above the carpark entrance gates to provide fresh air intake louvres.
Lincoln Building Brazennose Street Manchester M2 5BP
Received Not published
Final137277/FH/2023
Erection of a part single part 2 storey side and rear extensions together with hip to gable roof extension to form additional living accommodation
27 Glendale Avenue Manchester M19 1EH
Received Not published
Final137278/FH/2023
Erection of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension.
7 Lapford Road Manchester M18 8DL
Received Not published
FinalCDN/20/0674
Discharge of condition number 7 (materials) from planning approval reference 125929/JO/2020
437 Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 4AF
Received Not published
Final128348/NMC/2020
Non Material Amendment to application ref 111026/FO/2016/C1 (as amended by 116413, 116450 and 126191) to split unit T3 into two separate retail units and provide additional louvre provision to the facades of unit T3b.
Plot 5 & 6 Former BBC Site Oxford Road Manchester M60 7HB
Received Not published
Final127752/NMC/2020
Non material amendment to planning permission 118625/FO/2017 to make elevational alteration to the residential entrance and car park elevation together with alterations to roof terrace and roof profile and introduction of a screen to the smoke shaft
Land Bounded By Cornbrook Road, A56 Chester Road And Trentham Street Manchester M15 4YD
Received Not published
Final127753/FH/2020
Erection of stepped access to rear garden and alterations to ground levels
13 Greenstead Avenue Manchester M8 0WR
Received Not published
FinalCDN/22/0214
Discharge of condition numbers 4 (root protection), 5 (retained trees) and 6 (BS BS 3998) from planning approval reference 128720/FH/2020
16 Lyndhurst Road Manchester M20 3JU
Received Not published
FinalCDN/22/0215
Discharge of condition number 3 (materials) from planning approval reference 132724/FH/2022
5 Saxfield Drive Manchester M23 1PY
Received Not published
Final133507/FH/2022
Erection of a single storey granny annexe within rear garden for ancillary use to the main dwellinghouse
49 Dudley Road Manchester M16 8FW
Received Not published
Final129125/FO/2021
Replacement of existing corroded steels above an existing light well wall opening and above an existing gated entrance. Installation of new concrete pavement lights on Byrom Street.
Opera House Quay Street Manchester M3 3HP
Received Not published
Final129126/LO/2021
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT for replacement of existing corroded steels above an existing light well wall opening and above an existing gated entrance. Installation of new concrete pavement lights on Byrom Street.
Opera House Quay Street Manchester M3 3HP
Received Not published
Final130279/FH/2021
Erection of single storey rear extension to create additional living accommodation
8 Rupert Street Manchester M40 1QU
Received Not published
Final130280/FH/2021
Erection of part single, part two storey rear extension to provide additional living accommodation
75 Meltham Avenue Manchester M20 1FE
Received Not published
Final134227/TPO/2022
Works to tree - proposed pruning woks to T1 Oak in the rear garden incorporating a 2m crown reduction on the customer side only to be pruned back to good target points with no finished cut to be more than 25mm diameter, a thin of the overhanging crown on the neighbours side only by 20% to allow more light through the canopy; remvoval of epicormic growth approximately 3m from ground level and removal of any deadwood which overhangs the boundary fence on the neighbours side only.
7 Brunswick Road Manchester M20 4GA
Received Not published
Final127755/FH/2020
Part retrospective application for the erection of a single storey extension at the rear to form additional living accommodation
9 Tintern Street Manchester M14 7PS
Received Not published
Final127802/PS/2020
Prior Approval for the creation of a new pedestrian access to railway at Oldham Road
Oldham Road (north Of Junction With Queens Road) Manchester
Received Not published
FinalCDN/20/0554
Discharge of conditions 2 (external equipment), 3 (waste management), 4 (fume extraction) and 5 (acoustic insulation) attached to prior approval referenced 126321/P3CPA/2020
369 Moston Lane Manchester M40 9NB
Received Not published

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Planning application documents: what to read first
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Planning permission drawings: how to read plans
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Planning approval rates: how to read council statistics
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Published 13 Aug 2026Updated 13 Sept 2026

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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