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
22,906 approved · 2,535 refused · 1,668 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
143 Victoria Avenue East Manchester M9 6HL
Received Not published33 Stanley Road Manchester M16 8HS
Received Not publishedLauren House 6 Beechpark Avenue Manchester
Received Not published246 Brantingham Road Manchester M21 0QZ
Received Not published13 Maple Avenue Manchester M21 8BD
Received Not publishedScotscroft Towers Business Park Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 2RY
Received Not publishedLand Off Parkmount Road Manchester M9 4AJ
Received Not publishedLand Bound By New College Street, New Quay Street, NCP Car Park And Gartside Street Manchester M3 3BE
Received Not publishedRestaurant At John Dalton House 2 John Dalton Street Manchester M3 2NW
Received Not published50 Spinney Road Manchester M23 1AB
Received Not publishedNeptune Mill 64 Chapeltown Street Manchester M1 2WQ
Received Not published180 Moseley Road Manchester M14 6PB
Received Not published5 Gleneagles Avenue Manchester M11 4JU
Received Not publishedLand At Plymouth Grove Manchester
Received Not published2 & 4 Werneth Avenue Manchester M14 7BF
Received Not publishedArranhaman Islamic Community Centre 16 Bedwell Street Manchester M16 7LN
Received Not publishedCar Park Adjacent 25 To 27 Rochdale Road Manchester M4 4HT
Received Not publishedFormer Jackson's Brickworks Site Ten Acres Lane Manchester Newton Heath
Received Not published67A Broom Lane Manchester M19 2TX
Received Not publishedLand On The Corner Of Victoria Avenue And Chain Road Manchester
Received Not published85 Albert Road Manchester M19 2FU
Received Not published328 Dickenson Road Manchester M13 0NG
Received Not published19 Green Walk Manchester M16 9RE
Received Not published421 Barlow Moor Road Manchester M21 8ER
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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