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.
20,538 approved · 2,318 refused · 1,469 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Richmond Grove Manchester M13 0DP
Received Not published82 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 5AL
Received Not published50 Fountain Street Manchester M2 2AS
Received Not published50 Fountain Street Manchester M2 2AS
Received Not publishedBroadhurst House 56 Oxford Street Manchester M1 6EU
Received Not publishedLand South Of Victoria Avenue Manchester M9 0RA
Received Not published55 Old Moat Lane Manchester M20 3EJ
Received Not published24 Kenmore Road Manchester M22 4AF
Received Not published10 Danesmoor Road Manchester M20 3JS
Received Not publishedVictoria House Great Ancoats Street Manchester M4 7AB
Received Not publishedPalmerston Street Compound Palmerston Street Manchester M12 6PT
Received Not published54 Carrick Gardens Manchester M22 9XF
Received Not publishedFlat 1 Weaver House 10 Barlow Moor Road Manchester M20 6TR
Received Not published47 Grange Road Manchester M21 9NX
Received Not publishedDixylon House Park Garage Cheviot Street Manchester M3 1LW
Received Not published12 Sefton Road Manchester M21 8UU
Received Not published7-11 Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3DW
Received Not publishedNorthern Assurance Building 9 - 21 Princess Street Manchester M2 4DN
Received Not published21 Central Road Manchester M20 4YE
Received Not published6 Kempsford Close Manchester M23 1LH
Received Not publishedBeetham Tower 301 Deansgate Manchester M3 4LQ
Received Not publishedTown Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB
Received Not publishedFormer Site Of 1-5 Plymouth Grove Manchester M13 9PZ
Received Not published2 Crescent Range Manchester M14 5RW
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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