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
28,996 approved · 3,219 refused · 2,097 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Meldon Road Manchester M13 0TZ
Received Not published2 Howden Road Manchester M9 0RQ
Received Not published136 St Werburgh's Road Manchester M21 8UQ
Received Not published31 Spinney Road Manchester M23 1AD
Received Not published66 Saddlecote Close Manchester M8 5EG
Received Not publishedPlot 9B First Street Manchester
Received Not publishedLand At The Corner Of Shentonfield Road / Carrsfield Road Sharston Industrial Estate Manchester M22 4RW
Received Not published210 Lloyd Street South Manchester M14 7DY
Received Not publishedOakwood Resource Centre 177 Longley Lane Manchester M22 4HY
Received Not published5 Stonemead Drive Manchester M9 6AF
Received Not published41 Hasper Avenue Manchester M20 1AX
Received Not publishedLane Court 2 Conyngham Road Manchester M14 5TX
Received Not published91 Beech Road Manchester M21 9FD
Received Not publishedGreenbrow Road Social Club Greenbrow Road Manchester M23 2TU
Received Not published63 Victoria Road Manchester M16 8DQ
Received Not publishedAdamson House Towers Business Park Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 2YY
Received Not publishedKingston House Ground Floor Towers Business Park Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 2LD
Received Not publishedOcean House Towers Business Park Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 2LY
Received Not publishedThe Pavilion Towers Business Park Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 2LS
Received Not published29 Longwood Road Manchester M22 5FW
Received Not published1 Holmfirth Street Manchester M13 0NS
Received Not published18 Mellington Avenue Manchester M20 5NJ
Received Not published132 - 134 Burton Road Manchester M20 1JQ
Received Not publishedAncoats Dispensary Old Mill Street Manchester M4 6EB
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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