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
28,725 approved · 3,197 refused · 2,063 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
8 Orchard Road East Manchester M22 4ER
Received Not published59 Carlton Road Manchester M16 8BZ
Received Not publishedLand At Cornbrook Road Manchester
Received Not publishedNCP Car Park Sackville Street Manchester M1 3LY
Received Not publishedFormer Co-Operative Building The Birtles Civic Centre Manchester M22 5RF
Received Not publishedLand At Whitemoss Road And Woodmere Drive Manchester
Received Not published75 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3HR
Received Not publishedLand Corner Of Lime Bank Street And Ashton Old Road M12 6LP
Received Not publishedEtihad Stadium (North Stand) Etihad Campus East Manchester Manchester M11 3FF
Received Not published130 Parkville Road Manchester M20 4TY
Received Not published17 King Street Manchester M2 6AW
Received Not publishedUnit R9 Arndale Centre Market Street Manchester M4 3AT
Received Not published126 Beresford Road Manchester M13 0TF
Received Not published10 Ramsgate Road Manchester M40 2XE
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of 5 Demesne Road Manchester M16 8HG
Received Not publishedFallowfield Shopping Centre Birchfields Road Manchester M14 6FS
Received Not published47 Caldecott Road Manchester M9 0PU
Received Not published7 Bridgnorth Road Manchester M9 8HR
Received Not publishedRiverpark Trading Estate Riverpark Road Manchester M40 2XR
Received Not publishedFormer Site Of Irkdale Mill 29-31 Smedley Road Manchester
Received Not publishedNCP Car Park Sackville Street Manchester M1 3LY
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Oldham Road (A62), Old Church Street, The Lidl Food Store And Newton Street Manchester M40 1EZ
Received Not published20 Carill Avenue Manchester M40 9PX
Received Not published70 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5ES
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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