Despite the very relaxed attitude taken by Manchester city council's planning commitee, there's still plenty of wonderful buildings to impress any visitor to the city.

Manchester was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and many of the spectacular warehouses, the 'dark satanic mills', have survived despite the demolition and developments that have been widespread throughout the city. Within these pages, we bring you a photographic tour of the best buildings in the region,as well as a few that didn't survive the planners chop.