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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
22,750 approved · 2,512 refused · 1,659 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parrswood Entertainment Centre Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 5PG
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Naval Street To The North, Poland Street To The East, Jersey Street To The South And Radium Street To The West Manchester
Received Not publishedChorlton Place Manchester
Received Not published17 Ashby Avenue Manchester M19 1NF
Received Not publishedVacant Land To The North/Rear Of 111-117 North Road Manchester
Received Not publishedFormer Kendals Building 98-116 Deansgate And 35-47 King Street King Street West Manchester M3 2QG
Received Not publishedFormer Kendals Building 98-116 Deansgate And 35-47 King Street King Street West Manchester M3 2QG
Received Not published10 - 12 Whitworth Street West Manchester
Received Not published35 King Street Manchester M2 7AT
Received Not published35 King Street Manchester M2 7AT
Received Not published113-119 Portland Street Manchester M1 6DW
Received Not published61 Oxford Street Manchester M1 6EQ
Received Not publishedLand At Station Road, Reddish, Stockport And Land To The North Of Nelstrop Road North Manchester
Received Not published27 High Bank Manchester M18 8UL
Received Not published15 Aldermary Road Manchester M21 7QW
Received Not publishedNeptune Mill 64 Chapeltown Street Manchester M1 2WQ
Received Not published596 - 598 Stockport Road Manchester M13 0RQ
Received Not published41 Manor Drive Manchester M21 7QG
Received Not publishedManchester Goods Yard Manchester M3 3BE
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Arundel Street, Ellesmere Street, The A57 (M) Inner Ring Road (Mancunian Way) And Worsley Street Manchester M15 4FQ
Received Not published64 Parkfield Avenue Rusholme Manchester M14 4FZ
Received Not publishedPalatine Place Palatine Road Manchester M22 4ET
Received Not publishedLand Between 121 - 131 Levenshulme Road Manchester M18 7NF
Received Not published62 Bury Old Road Manchester M8 5BN
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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