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
27,892 approved · 3,049 refused · 1,997 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Nethercote Avenue Manchester M23 1LL
Received Not published151 Hart Road Manchester M14 7BA
Received Not publishedAsda Express Retail Unit T4 Circle Square Oxford Road Manchester M1 7ED
Received Not publishedManchester City Football Club Ltd Etihad Stadium Ashton New Road Manchester M11 3FF
Received Not published91 Darley Avenue Manchester M21 7QR
Received Not published24 Hardcastle Avenue Manchester M21 7LH
Received Not publishedChristie Hospital Oak Road Manchester M20 4BX
Received Not publishedSt Gabriels Hall 1 Oxford Place Manchester M14 5RP
Received Not published2 Totland Close Manchester M12 5RY
Received Not published26A Derby Road Manchester M14 6UW
Received Not publishedArch 1-4 & 6-11 Corporation Street And Land At Adjacent To Dantzic Street Manchester M4 4DG
Received Not published125 Manchester Road Manchester M21 9PG
Received Not publishedAll Saints Campus Oxford Road Manchester M15 6BH
Received Not publishedLand Off Louisa Street Manchester M11 1BL
Received Not published32 - 34 Laystall Street Manchester M1 2JZ
Received Not publishedFlat 1 8 Cresswell Grove Manchester M20 2NH
Received Not publishedBus Depot Queens Road Manchester M8 8UT
Received Not published95 Bleak Hey Road Manchester M22 5FS
Received Not published7 - 9 Swan Street Manchester M4 5JJ
Received Not publishedDixons Newall Green Academy Greenbrow Road Manchester M23 2SX
Received Not publishedTalbot Mill Ellesmere Street Manchester M15 4JY
Received Not published47 Roundwood Road Manchester M22 4AU
Received Not publishedPavement Outside 3-10 Piccadilly Manchester M1 3BN
Received Not publishedPavement Outside 3-10 Piccadilly Manchester
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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