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.
19,875 approved · 2,249 refused · 1,429 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
3 Rangemore Avenue Manchester M22 4JU
Received Not published2A St Austell Road Manchester M16 8WQ
Received Not publishedKing David High School Eaton Road Manchester M8 5DY
Received Not published49-51 Dale Street Manchester M1 2HF
Received Not published17 Piccadilly Manchester M1 1LS
Received Not published17 Piccadilly Manchester M1 1LS
Received Not publishedFourways House 57 Hilton Street Manchester M1 2EJ
Received Not published111 Fog Lane Manchester M20 6SN
Received Not published9 Stevenson Square Manchester M1 1DB
Received Not published9 Stevenson Square Manchester M1 1DB
Received Not published299 Moston Lane Manchester M40 9WJ
Received Not published2,4,10,12,18 And 20 Merridge Walk Manchester M8 0TG
Received Not published28 Belwood Road Manchester M21 9FN
Received Not publishedSt Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL
Received Not publishedSt Margarets Chambers 5 Newton Street Manchester M1 1HL
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Quay Street And Manchester College To The North,Gartside Street And New Quay Street To The East, Old Granada Studios To The South And The Victoria And Albert Marriot Hotel And Water Street To The West Manchester M3 3BE
Received Not publishedLand To The North East Of Enterprise Way Bounded By Roxholme Walk & Dentdale Walk And The Rear Of Lincombe Road And Felskirk Road To The North Manchester M22 1PU
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Great Ancoats Street, Isaac Way And Advent Way Manchester M4 7LD
Received Not publishedVictoria House Great Ancoats Street Manchester M4 7AB
Received Not publishedLand To Rear Of Garage Colony Ruddpark Road Manchester M22 0FH
Received Not published72 Beech Road Manchester M21 9EG
Received Not published296-298 Barlow Moor Road And 651 Mauldeth Road West Manchester M21 8HA
Received Not publishedLand To North Of Camberwell Park School Brookside Road Manchester M40 9GN
Received Not publishedMacdonald Manchester Hotel 91 London Road Manchester M1 2PG
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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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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