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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
21,191 approved · 2,373 refused · 1,505 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
City Link Walking Route Between The Holt Town Metrolink Stop And Cambrian Street Bridge Manchester
Received Not published46 Goulden Road Manchester M20 4ZF
Received Not publishedThe Rossett 123 Palatine Road Manchester M20 3YA
Received Not publishedFlat 52 York Avenue Manchester M16 0AG
Received Not published466-472 Moss Lane East Manchester M14 4PJ
Received Not publishedPlots Nt02, Nt03 And Nt04 Land To The South Of Dantzic Street Dalton Street Manchester
Received Not publishedOutside No. 20 Fountain Street Manchester M2 3AW
Received Not publishedOutside No. 20 Fountain Street Manchester M2 3AW
Received Not published13 Olney Avenue Manchester M22 8AB
Received Not published24 Willoughby Avenue Manchester M20 6AS
Received Not publishedJessiefield Spath Road Manchester M20 2TZ
Received Not published16 - 18 Hyde Road Manchester M12 6BW
Received Not published22 Bamford Road Manchester M20 2GW
Received Not published111 Ivygreen Road Manchester M21 9FX
Received Not published247 Brooklands Road Manchester M23 9HF
Received Not publishedLand At Poland Street Manchester
Received Not publishedVacant Site Bound By The Boulevard The Avenue Didsbury High School And Existing Properties On Clearwater Drive Manchester
Received Not published183 Withington Road Manchester M16 8HF
Received Not published9A First Street Medlock Street Manchester River Street M15 4AA
Received Not published23 Lincoln Grove Manchester M13 0DX
Received Not published8 Avalon Drive Manchester M20 5WN
Received Not publishedBonded Warehouse 18 Lower Byrom Street Manchester M3 4AP
Received Not publishedManchester Islamic High School For Girls 55 High Lane Manchester M21 9FA
Received Not published1830S Warehouse Museum Of Science And Industry Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JP
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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