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.
20,493 approved · 2,314 refused · 1,465 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
80 Hardy Lane Manchester M21 7GX
Received Not published40 Everside Drive Manchester M8 8ES
Received Not publishedFormer Manchester College (Moston Campus) Ashley Lane Manchester M9 4WU
Received Not published169 Brooklands Road Manchester M33 3PD
Received Not published20 Perrygate Avenue Manchester M20 1JR
Received Not published22 Garthorp Road Manchester M23 0AS
Received Not published441 Stockport Road Manchester M12 4JB
Received Not published6 Pollard Street Manchester M4 7AJ
Received Not published6 Pollard Street Manchester M4 7BN
Received Not publishedSite Bound by Oldham Road to the east, Marshall Street to the north east, Chadderton Street to the North West and Addington Street to the south west
Received Not published536-548 Stockport Road Manchester M12 4JJ
Received Not published263 Wythenshawe Road Manchester M23 9DE
Received Not publishedMoston Dental Practice 153 Kenyon Lane Manchester M40 9DJ
Received Not publishedTrinity Court 16 John Dalton Street Manchester M2 6HY
Received Not published27 Beaumont Road Manchester M21 8BG
Received Not published11 Greenwich Close Manchester M40 1NH
Received Not published21 Rimmer Close Manchester M11 3AD
Received Not published9 Wilton Road Crumpsall Manchester M8 4NG
Received Not publishedLand At Manchester Metropolitan University Aytoun Campus Aytoun Street Manchester M1 3GH
Received Not published7 Turn Moss Road Manchester M32 8QD
Received Not published2 Randolph Street Manchester M19 3AX
Received Not publishedGround Floor 24 Rowan Avenue Manchester M16 8AP
Received Not publishedManchester Technology Centre, Oxford House Oxford Road Manchester M1 7ED
Received Not published17 St Marks Lane Manchester M8 9GH
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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