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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Manchester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Manchester website
21,131 approved · 2,366 refused · 1,498 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Deerpark Road Manchester M16 8FR
Received Not publishedNo 2 St Michaels Jacksons Row Manchester M2 5GU
Received Not publishedLand Along The South Western Boundary Of The Wythenshawe Horticultural Centre Manchester
Received Not published6 Fordbank Road Manchester M20 2TH
Received Not publishedCastlefield House Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4SB
Received Not publishedOnwards Building 209 Deansgate Manchester M3 3NW
Received Not publishedOnwards Building 209 Deansgate Manchester M3 3NW
Received Not publishedVictoria Baths Hathersage Road Manchester M13 0FE
Received Not publishedBritish Car Auctions Redgate Lane Manchester M12 4RX
Received Not publishedGround Floor Office 47 Sedgeborough Road Manchester M16 7EU
Received Not publishedQuooker The Beaumont Building 22 Mirabel Street Manchester M3 1DX
Received Not published3 St Aldwyns Road Manchester M20 3JF
Received Not published229 Moston Lane East Manchester M40 3HY
Received Not published7 Thoralby Close Manchester M12 4NW
Received Not publishedHexagon Tower Crumpsall Vale Manchester M9 8GQ
Received Not published59 Sandacre Road Manchester M23 1AP
Received Not published261 Burton Road Manchester M20 2WA
Received Not published10 Deerpark Road Manchester M16 8FR
Received Not published7 Oakleigh Avenue Manchester M19 2WP
Received Not published26 Southerly Crescent Manchester M40 0JN
Received Not published5 Holmwood Road Manchester M20 3JY
Received Not publishedHammerstone Road Depot Hammerstone Road Manchester M18 8EQ
Received Not published27 Shadowbrook Avenue Manchester M23 2BD
Received Not published6 Heyscroft Road Manchester M20 4XL
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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