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
26,677 approved · 2,900 refused · 1,910 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67 Egerton Road South Manchester M21 0YW
Received Not publishedCommercial Units 1 And 2 Ancoats Gardens 14 Rochdale Road Manchester M4 4JR
Received Not published245 Manley Road Manchester M21 0RE
Received Not published151 Egerton Road South Manchester M21 0XD
Received Not published63 - 65 Upper Chorlton Road Manchester M16 7RQ
Received Not published655 Wilbraham Road Manchester M21 9JT
Received Not publishedLand Off Oldham Road (A62), Dulverton Street, Holyoak Street And Droylsden Road Manchester
Received Not publishedHangar 4 Airline Services Manchester Airport Ringway Road Manchester M90 5PQ
Received Not publishedThe Chancery 58 Spring Gardens Manchester M2 1EW
Received Not publishedThe Chancery 58 Spring Gardens Manchester M2 1EW
Received Not publishedThe Chancery 58 Spring Gardens Manchester M2 1EW
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Bertha Street And Ashton Old Road Manchester
Received Not publishedLand Next To Blackley Conservative Club And At Junction With Middleton Old Road Old Market Street Manchester M9 8DT
Received Not published39 Overlea Drive Manchester M19 1QY
Received Not publishedLand Off Parkmount Road Manchester M9 4AJ
Received Not published10 Pinner Place Manchester M19 1JL
Received Not published1386 Ashton Old Road Manchester M11 1JU
Received Not publishedAsda Express Retail Unit T4 Circle Square Oxford Road Manchester M1 7ED
Received Not published6 Burford Avenue Manchester M16 8HE
Received Not publishedCity Football Academy 400 Ashton New Road Manchester M11 4TQ
Received Not published60 Tanfield Road Manchester M20 5GF
Received Not published56 Cherington Close Manchester M23 0FE
Received Not published80 Daisy Bank Road Manchester M14 5GJ
Received Not published4 - 6 Union Street Manchester M4 1PT
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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