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
24,780 approved · 2,731 refused · 1,774 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Hinchley Road Manchester M9 7FG
Received Not published14 Belvoir Avenue Manchester M19 3AN
Received Not publishedIsrael Sieff Court 7A Bennett Road Manchester M8 5DU
Received Not published16 Newton Street Manchester M1 2AE
Received Not publishedPlot 11 First Street South Manchester
Received Not published5 Eastholme Drive Manchester M19 2QU
Received Not published61 - 63 Ladybarn Lane Manchester M14 6YL
Received Not publishedDucie Street Warehouse 51 Ducie Street Manchester M1 2TP
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Rochdale Road. Shellard Road, Harrowby Drive, Johnny King Close, Thornton Street North, Stretton, Manchester Close And Marston Street Manchester
Received Not publishedThe Doves Nest Nursing Home 17 - 19 Windsor Road Manchester M40 1QQ
Received Not publishedEast Side Of Rochdale Road At Junction With Victor Street Manchester M40 7PN
Received Not published12 - 20 St Anns Square Manchester M2 7JB
Received Not published1 Oakdale Drive Manchester M20 5WJ
Received Not published101 Braemar Road Manchester M14 6PQ
Received Not published28 Derby Road Manchester M14 6UW
Received Not published198B Barlow Road Manchester M19 3HF
Received Not published6 Caistor Close Manchester M16 8NW
Received Not published1104 Stockport Road Manchester M19 2SU
Received Not published550 Ashton New Road Manchester M11 4AA
Received Not published6 Deramore Street Manchester M14 4DU
Received Not published35 Demesne Road Manchester M16 8HJ
Received Not published107 Wilton Road Manchester M8 4PD
Received Not published889 Kingsway Manchester M20 5PB
Received Not published2 Ladybarn Crescent Manchester M14 6UU
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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