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
25,232 approved · 2,767 refused · 1,811 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Worthington House Towers Business Park Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 2HJ
Received Not published32 Eileen Grove West Manchester M14 5NW
Received Not publishedLand To The South Of Dantzic Street And Dalton Street Manchester
Received Not published5 - 7 Wilbraham Road Manchester M14 6JS
Received Not publishedFormer Walkers Printing Site 73 Crabtree Lane Manchester M11 4GU
Received Not published35 King Street Manchester M2 7AT
Received Not published38 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3AZ
Received Not published15 Royle Green Road Manchester M22 4WQ
Received Not published26 Collingwood Road Manchester M19 2AW
Received Not published233 Burton Road Manchester M20 2NA
Received Not published58 - 66 Market Street Manchester M1 1PW
Received Not published17 Fleeson Street Manchester M14 5NQ
Received Not publishedRushbrook Primary Academy 101 Shillingford Road Manchester M18 7TN
Received Not published43 Hathersage Road Manchester M13 0EJ
Received Not publishedThe Castings 2 Heyrod Street Manchester M1 2WW
Received Not publishedFog Lane Park Fog Lane Manchester M20 6SN
Received Not published28 Southall Street Manchester M3 1LG
Received Not published51 Dene Road Manchester M20 2TG
Received Not published125 Droylsden Road Manchester M40 1NT
Received Not publishedFormer Kendals Building 98-116 Deansgate And 35-47 King Street King Street West Manchester M3 2GQ
Received Not published581 Stockport Road Manchester M13 0RX
Received Not published37 Beverly Road Manchester M14 6TH
Received Not published39 Sherwell Road Manchester M9 8JA
Received Not published46 Cross Street Manchester M2 7AR
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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