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.
19,612 approved · 2,223 refused · 1,409 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Thorn Grove Manchester M14 6YJ
Received Not publishedAbraham Moss Centre 140 Crescent Road Manchester M8 5UF
Received Not published87 Royalthorn Road Manchester M22 8DL
Received Not published11 Circular Road Manchester M20 3LE
Received Not published18 Alma Road Manchester M19 3NW
Received Not published45 Harrop Street Manchester M18 8RN
Received Not publishedLand Off Gate Street/Victoria Street, To The Rear Of Nos 2-24 Range St & 1-33 Hovis St To The Rear Of Nos 2-24 Range Street & 1-33 Hovis Street Manchester
Received Not published48 Hacking Street Manchester M7 4YD
Received Not published80 Joyce Street Manchester M40 5HA
Received Not publishedChurch Court Clayton Avenue Manchester M20 6BN
Received Not published88 Royce Road Manchester M15 5LA
Received Not published23 New Mount Street Manchester M4 4DE
Received Not publishedAlbert Square Manchester M60 2LA
Received Not publishedNew Little Mill 60 Radium Street Manchester M4 6GH
Received Not publishedProposed Amenity Pod 333 Styal Road Manchester M22 5LW
Received Not published23 Hill Lane Manchester M9 6PE
Received Not published80 Bury Old Road Manchester M8 5BW
Received Not published56 Alan Road Manchester M20 4SF
Received Not published70 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5ES
Received Not published56 Lloyd Street South Manchester Manchester M14 7HT
Received Not publishedTesco Stores Ltd Altrincham Road Manchester M23 9TJ
Received Not publishedTesco Stores Ltd Altrincham Road Manchester Manchester M23 9TJ
Received Not published1 Adair Street Manchester M1 2NQ
Received Not published74-76 Beresford Road Manchester M13 0GX
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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