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
27,988 approved · 3,068 refused · 2,003 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 29 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
3 Culford Close Manchester M12 4UT
Received Not published127-133 Portland Street Manchester M1 4ZP
Received Not publishedLoreto College 146 Chichester Road Manchester M15 5PB
Received Not publishedManchester Metropolitan University Humanities Building Rosamond Street West Manchester M15 6LL
Received Not publishedLand At 2 Heyrod Street Manchester M1 2WW
Received Not publishedHMP Manchester Southall Street Manchester M3 1JL
Received Not publishedHalo Hair And Beauty 91 Averill Street Manchester M40 1PD
Received Not publishedManchester City Football Club Ltd Etihad Stadium Ashton New Road Manchester M11 3FF
Received Not published199 Northmoor Road Manchester M12 5RU
Received Not published37 Bloom Street Manchester M1 3LY
Received Not published36 Kingston Road Manchester M20 2RZ
Received Not publishedRammon House 1 Portugal Street East Manchester M1 2WX
Received Not published103 Kingswood Road Manchester M14 6RY
Received Not published77 Victoria Avenue East Manchester M9 6HP
Received Not publishedAtlas Chambers Ship Canal House 96 - 98 King Street Manchester M2 4WU
Received Not publishedSite Bound By The Boulevard, The Avenue, Didsbury High School And Existing Properties On Clearwater Drive Manchester
Received Not publishedFormer Boddington Brewery Site Land Off Great Ducie Street Manchester M2 5PE
Received Not published35 Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4NQ
Received Not published882 Burnage Lane Manchester M19 1RS
Received Not publishedNutbank House 1 Nutbank Lane Manchester M9 6BH
Received Not published210 Nuthurst Road Manchester M40 3PP
Received Not published62 Rudheath Avenue Manchester M20 1PL
Received Not published99 Alexandra Road South Manchester M16 8NX
Received Not publishedUpper And Lower Campfield Market Halls Liverpool Road 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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