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.
20,381 approved · 2,300 refused · 1,457 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 20 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
11 Cawdor Road Manchester M14 6LG
Received Not published58 Kingston Road Manchester M20 2SB
Received Not publishedJohn Dalton House John Dalton Street Manchester M2 6FW
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By John Dalton Street, Ridgefield Street, Bow Lane And South King Street Manchester
Received Not published273-275 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 5JQ
Received Not publishedBasement Amazon House 3 Brazil Street Manchester M1 3PW
Received Not publishedVictoria House Great Ancoats Street Manchester M4 7AB
Received Not publishedManchester House 84-86 Princess Street Manchester M1 6NG
Received Not publishedWater Street Manchester M3 4JQ
Received Not publishedSite Bound By Thompson Street To The North East, Oldham Road To The South, Bendix Street To The South West And A Building Occupied By Turning Point To The North West Manchester
Received Not published69 Brynorme Road Manchester M8 4GW
Received Not published1 Saddlewood Avenue Manchester M19 1QW
Received Not published10 Marmion Drive Manchester M21 9JD
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Great Jackson Street, Pond Street And Owen Street (Plot F2) Manchester M15 4AX
Received Not published35 Derby Road Manchester M14 6UX
Received Not publishedGaribaldi Inn 163-165 Lees Street Manchester M18 8QL
Received Not publishedLand At Oldham Road Manchester M40 8RR
Received Not published12 Oxford Road Manchester M1 5QA
Received Not published12 Oxford Road Manchester M1 5QA
Received Not published685 Moston Lane Manchester M40 5QD
Received Not published39 Houghend Avenue Manchester M21 7SF
Received Not publishedDalton Ellis Hall Conyngham Road Manchester M14 5RL
Received Not published48 Hartington Road Manchester M21 8UY
Received Not published14 Abberton Road Manchester M20 1HU
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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