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
28,324 approved · 3,153 refused · 2,022 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 30 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land To The Rear Of 354 Wilbraham Road Manchester
Received Not publishedMawlawi Kurdish Cultural Centre Parsonage Street Manchester M15 5WD
Received Not published8 Gwendor Avenue Manchester M8 4LE
Received Not published4B Albany Road Manchester M21 0AW
Received Not published68-70 Clyde Road Manchester M20 2WN
Received Not publishedSite To The South / South-East Of Sawley Road, East Of Nelson Street, North / North-East Of James Street Manchester
Received Not published24 Claremont Grove Manchester M20 2GL
Received Not published23 Lindsay Road Manchester M19 2JE
Received Not published1830 Viaduct Museum Of Science And Industry Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JP
Received Not publishedLloyds Bank PLC 42 - 46 Market Street Manchester M1 1PW
Received Not published5 Redland Crescent Manchester M21 8DL
Received Not publishedLand At Cornbrook Road Manchester
Received Not published6 New Union Street Manchester M4 6FQ
Received Not publishedFirst Floor Flat 328 Claremont Road Manchester M14 7WJ
Received Not published215 Manley Road Manchester M21 0GY
Received Not publishedNewall Green Academy Greenbrow Road Manchester M23 2SX
Received Not published72 Braemar Road Manchester M14 6PS
Received Not published105 Ten Acres Lane Manchester M40 2SQ
Received Not publishedFreetrade Exchange 37 Peter Street Manchester M2 5GB
Received Not published67 Ardwick Green North Manchester M12 6FX
Received Not published17 Granville Gardens Manchester M20 2SX
Received Not publishedCar Park Great Jackson Street Manchester M15 4NJ
Received Not publishedUnited Church Of God Rushford Street Manchester M12 4UG
Received Not published502 Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 4BT
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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