Building and project opportunities across Greater Manchester

Manchester city and Greater Manchester: choose the right search area

Greater Manchester brings together ten metropolitan boroughs, each with its own local planning records. A project described as being near Manchester may be in Salford, Trafford, Stockport or another authority. Work Signals helps you organise project research around those council areas instead of relying on one broad place-name search.

Explore the ten boroughs

• Manchester planning opportunities
• Salford planning opportunities
• Trafford planning opportunities
• Stockport planning opportunities
• Oldham planning opportunities
• Bolton planning opportunities
• Bury planning opportunities
• Rochdale planning opportunities
• Tameside planning opportunities
• Wigan planning opportunities

Build a working radius around your business

For central Manchester work, compare Manchester, Salford and Trafford. For projects to the south and east, investigate Stockport, Tameside and Oldham. To the north, include Bury, Bolton and Rochdale; for the western part of the city region, look at Wigan and its surrounding towns. These are starting points for research, not fixed service boundaries. Site addresses, traffic and the size of the package determine whether a project fits your team.

Use separate searches for different sectors

Builders can focus on extensions, conversions and new buildings. Energy specialists can investigate solar, plant and refurbishment proposals alongside available property evidence. Architectural teams can research larger residential and commercial schemes and verify whether any procurement opportunity is open. Read our building industry, energy sector and architecture and tenders guides for practical workflows.

Check timing, scope and council evidence

Follow the original source before treating a record as a current prospect. Check application dates, decisions, drawings and related submissions. Historical records can provide background, and the date of collection is not the date a scheme became available for work. Review council coverage and use the free preview to assess the area before choosing a membership.

Research beyond Greater Manchester

If your service area extends south or west, explore Cheshire and Warrington. Keep those authority searches separate so you can identify which planning register holds a project’s documents. For projects farther west, see Liverpool planning opportunities.