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
26,263 approved · 2,863 refused · 1,886 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
503 Wilbraham Road Manchester M21 0UJ
Received Not published29 Withenfield Road Manchester M23 9BT
Received Not published26 Claude Road Manchester M21 8BY
Received Not published158 Palatine Road Manchester M20 2QH
Received Not publishedRichmond House 15 Bloom Street Manchester M1 3HZ
Received Not publishedLoreto College 146 Chichester Road Manchester M15 5PB
Received Not published49 White Moss Avenue Manchester M21 0XS
Received Not published48 King Street Manchester M2 4LG
Received Not published619 Wilbraham Road Manchester M21 9AT
Received Not published1 St James's Square Manchester M2 6DN
Received Not publishedWythenshawe Hospital Floats Road Manchester M23 9LT
Received Not publishedPiccadilly Railway Station Network Rail Ltd Piccadilly Station Approach Manchester M60 7RA
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of Chorlton Irish Club Cross Road Manchester Chorlton M21 9DJ
Received Not publishedSit Of Former Victoria Park Probation Centre Laindon Road Manchester M14 5YJ
Received Not publishedGreenbrow Road Social Club Greenbrow Road Manchester M23 2TU
Received Not published126 Brantingham Road Manchester M21 0TU
Received Not published13 Springbridge Road Manchester M16 8PL
Received Not published10 Landos Road Manchester M40 7HY
Received Not published12 Landos Road Manchester M40 7HY
Received Not publishedWellfield House 59 Upper Chorlton Road Manchester M16 7RQ
Received Not published6 Devonshire Road Manchester M21 8XB
Received Not published99 - 101 Cheetham Hill Road Manchester M8 8PY
Received Not published96 - 98 Heywood Street Manchester M8 0DT
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of Chorlton Irish Club Cross Road Manchester M21 9DJ
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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