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.
20,252 approved · 2,286 refused · 1,448 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
150 Waterloo Street Manchester M9 8AN
Received Not published131B Egerton Road South Manchester M21 0XD
Received Not published20 Wynne Close Manchester M11 3TR
Received Not publishedChorlton Park Primary School Mauldeth Road West Manchester M21 7HH
Received Not published93 Wellington Road Old Moat Manchester M14 6BN
Received Not published10 Whitechapel Street Manchester M20 6UB
Received Not publishedFormer Revolution 311 - 313 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 6NW
Received Not published84-90 Stanley Street Bradford Manchester M11 1LE
Received Not published23 Galbraith Road Manchester M20 6JJ
Received Not published6 Rusholme Grove Manchester M14 5AR
Received Not published485 Barlow Moor Road Manchester M21 8AE
Received Not published19 Daine Avenue Manchester M23 0BG
Received Not published8 Oaker Avenue Manchester M20 2XH
Received Not published6 The Links Manchester M40 3NU
Received Not published18 Kingsley Road Manchester M22 4NL
Received Not publishedUnits 3 And 4 Bentinck Street Industrial Estate Chester Road Manchester M15 4LN
Received Not publishedLand Containing Former Corporation Yard Yewtree Lane Manchester M23 0EA
Received Not published5 Angel Square Corporation Street Manchester M4 4DU
Received Not published5 Roundwood Road Manchester M22 4AS
Received Not published149 Fog Lane Manchester M20 6FJ
Received Not published17A Park Avenue Manchester M19 2EE
Received Not published2 Thornby Walk Manchester M23 1FR
Received Not published26-28 Hilton House Hilton Street Manchester M1 2EH
Received Not published25 & 25A Chandos Road South Manchester M21 0TH
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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