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.
19,749 approved · 2,241 refused · 1,422 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Middleton Road Manchester M8 5DT
Received Not published18 Tagore Close Manchester M13 0YS
Received Not publishedDeanway DIY Store 112 Kenyon Lane Manchester M40 9DH
Received Not published12 Aldermoor Close Manchester M11 1JQ
Received Not published7 Partridge Avenue Manchester M23 1PJ
Received Not published27 Homestead Crescent Manchester M19 1GJ
Received Not published18 Crimsworth Avenue Manchester M16 0FB
Received Not publishedLand At No. 2 Heyrod Street Manchester M1 2WW
Received Not published2 Turnstone Avenue Manchester M20 2FN
Received Not published48 & 50 Wilton Road Crumpsall Manchester M8 4EL
Received Not published81 Claude Road Manchester M21 8DE
Received Not publishedGreat John Street Hotel Great John Street Manchester M3 4FD
Received Not published40 Dalston Drive Manchester M20 5LG
Received Not published18 Burlington Road Manchester M20 4QA
Received Not publishedMuseum And Art Gallery Queens Park Rochdale Road Manchester M9 5SH
Received Not published147 Greenbrow Road Manchester M23 2DB
Received Not publishedGlendene 150 Greenbrow Road Manchester M23 2RE
Received Not publishedFormer Boddingtons Brewery Site Dutton Street Manchester M3 1LE
Received Not publishedFormer Boddingtons Brewery Site Dutton Street Manchester M3 1LE
Received Not publishedTown Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Received Not publishedTown Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Received Not publishedTown Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Culcheth Lane And Tandlewood Mews Manchester M40 1LU
Received Not published75 Parkhill Avenue Manchester M8 4QZ
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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