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
22,240 approved · 2,463 refused · 1,621 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Bounded By Blackwin Street And Valance Close Adjacent To Gorton Clinic Manchester M12 5JY
Received Not published20 Beastow Road Manchester M12 5GS
Received Not published440 Hollinwood Avenue Manchester M40 0AE
Received Not published217 Peel Hall Road Manchester M22 5HJ
Received Not published129 Wendover Road Manchester M23 9JL
Received Not publishedNew Islington Marina 9 Old Mill Street Manchester M4 6EA
Received Not published39F Belview Broughton Street Manchester M8 8LZ
Received Not published13 Pasture Field Road Manchester M22 5JW
Received Not published19 Lowbrook Avenue Manchester M9 7JD
Received Not publishedPlot 11 First Street Comprising Land Bound By Hulme Street To The North, Wilmott Street To The East, The Unite Parkway Gate Development And Mancunian Way To The South, And Medlock Street To The West Manchester
Received Not publishedLand To The Side Of 465 Barlow Moor Road Manchester M21 8AU
Received Not published18 South Drive Manchester M21 8DY
Received Not published541 Wilbraham Road Manchester M21 0AH
Received Not published10 Marmion Drive Manchester M21 9JD
Received Not published105 - 107 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 5SU
Received Not published105 - 107 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 5SU
Received Not publishedBlock A 12 Pollard Street Manchester M4 7AJ
Received Not publishedFourth Floor Ship Canal House 96 - 98 King Street Manchester M2 4WU
Received Not published25 Rochdale Road Manchester M4 4HT
Received Not publishedRogue Artists' Studios Cic (Former Varna Street Primary School) Barrass Street Openshaw Manchester M11 1WP
Received Not publishedRammon House 1 Portugal Street East Manchester M1 2WX
Received Not published183 - 185 Mauldeth Road Manchester M19 1BA
Received Not published255 Brooklands Road Brooklands Manchester M23 9HF
Received Not published467 - 471 Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 4AN
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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