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
23,579 approved · 2,609 refused · 1,700 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1 Millow Street Manchester M4 4DR
Received Not publishedSports Pavilion Hough End Playing Fields Princess Road Manchester M20 1DR
Received Not published18 Market Street Manchester M1 1PT
Received Not publishedBridgewater House 58 - 60 Whitworth Street Manchester M1 6LT
Received Not publishedLand Off Parkmount Road Manchester M9 4AJ
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Dantzic Street, Gould Street, Williamson Street & Bromley Street Manchester
Received Not published27 Fellpark Road Manchester M23 0EX
Received Not publishedFlat 1 351 Queens Road Manchester M9 5FF
Received Not publishedLand To The East Of The Junction Of Blossom Street And Gun Street Manchester M4 5AW
Received Not published1110 - 1112 Rochdale Road Manchester M9 6FQ
Received Not published25 Farrant Road Manchester M12 4PD
Received Not published2 Finney Drive Manchester M21 9DS
Received Not published4 Thirsfield Drive Manchester M11 4BF
Received Not published60 Grange Road Manchester M21 9WX
Received Not publishedBrotherton House Cornfield Drive Manchester M22 9QX
Received Not publishedPearl Assurance House 23 Princess Street Manchester M2 4EN
Received Not publishedLand Between 121-131 Levenshulme Road Manchester M18 7NF
Received Not published20 Woodhouse Street Gorton Manchester M18 8PD
Received Not publishedOne Medlock Street Manchester M15 5FJ
Received Not publishedGreat Marlborough Street Car Park Great Marlborough Street Manchester M1 5NJ
Received Not publishedRed Bank Neighbourhood Victoria North Manchester
Received Not publishedLand Off Oldham Street And Spear Street Manchester M4 1LF
Received Not publishedLand Between Cameron Street And Albion Street Whitworth Street West Manchester
Received Not published51 Provis Road Manchester M21 9EN
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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