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23,579 approved · 2,609 refused · 1,700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Abbey Hey Clinic Constable Street Manchester M18 8GD
Received Not published14 Conyngham Road Manchester M14 5SA
Received Not publishedAlma Park Primary School 13 Errwood Road Manchester M19 2PF
Received Not published19 Cotton Lane Manchester M20 4UX
Received Not published7 The Grove Manchester M20 2RG
Received Not published7 The Grove Manchester M20 2RG
Received Not publishedSite To The South / South-East Of Sawley Road, East Of Nelson Street, North / North-East Of James Street Manchester
Received Not publishedCar Park Between 57 And 59 Ducie Street Manchester M1 2QJ
Received Not published26 Tolworth Drive Manchester M8 0WW
Received Not publishedSwan House Swan Street Manchester M4 5DF
Received Not publishedOld Town Hall Lapwing Lane Manchester M20 2NR
Received Not published94 Braemar Road Manchester M14 6PG
Received Not published17 Mulberry Street Manchester M2 6LN
Received Not published2 - 4 Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5WY
Received Not published20 St Anns Square Manchester M2 7HG
Received Not publishedStation Building Museum Of Science And Industry Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JP
Received Not publishedBainbridge House Granby Row Manchester M1 2PW
Received Not published85 Riverdale Road Manchester M9 8UJ
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Rochdale Road, Shellard Road, Harrowby Drive, Johnny King Close, Thornton Street North, Stretton Close & Marston Street Manchester M40 7UU
Received Not published21 Inglesham Close Manchester M23 1LQ
Received Not published18 Cranmer Road Manchester M20 6AW
Received Not published702 Burnage Lane Manchester M19 1NA
Received Not published27 Giles Street Manchester M12 5GE
Received Not published11 Antrim Close Manchester M19 1TB
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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