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
27,086 approved · 2,936 refused · 1,944 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Victoria Station Manchester M3 1WY
Received Not published21 Chatham Grove Manchester M20 1HS
Received Not publishedThe Victoria And Albert Hotel Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ
Received Not publishedThe Victoria And Albert Hotel Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ
Received Not publishedNational Speedway Stadium Belle Vue Arena 148 Kirkmanshulme Lane Manchester M12 4WB
Received Not published14 Werneth Avenue Manchester M14 7BF
Received Not publishedStation Building Science And Industry Museum Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JP
Received Not published28 Blackwin Street Manchester M12 5LD
Received Not publishedOakwood Resource Centre 177 Longley Lane Manchester M22 4HY
Received Not publishedWilliam Kay House 327- 333 Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PG
Received Not published340 Deansgate Manchester M3 4LY
Received Not published79 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3LQ
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To The Footpath At The Terminus Of Kenyon Lane And Duncombe Drive Manchester
Received Not publishedIndia House 73-75 Whitworth Street Manchester M1 6LG
Received Not publishedSite Bound By Bendix Street To The North East, Chadderton Street To The South East, Goulden Street To The South West And Cross Keys Street To The North West Manchester
Received Not published21 Brayton Avenue Manchester M20 5LP
Received Not publishedWilliam Hulmes Grammar School Academy Springbridge Road Manchester M16 8PR
Received Not publishedCIS Building Miller Street Manchester M60 0AL
Received Not published67 Keyhaven Walk Manchester M40 7TQ
Received Not published1 Piccadilly Gardens Manchester M1 1RG
Received Not published44 Alness Road Manchester M16 8HQ
Received Not published60 Shawbrook Road Manchester M19 1JE
Received Not publishedFirst Floor 149 Fog Lane Manchester M20 6FJ
Received Not publishedOld Wellington Inn 4 Cathedral Gates Manchester M3 1SW
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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