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
29,285 approved · 3,250 refused · 2,119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat Rear Of 428 Barlow Moor Road Manchester M21 8AD
Received Not published11 Chataway Road Manchester M8 5UU
Received Not published40 Princess Street Manchester M1 6DE
Received Not published93 Caldervale Avenue Manchester M21 7PN
Received Not published232 - 236 Palatine Road Manchester M20 2WF
Received Not publishedManchester Royal Infirmary Oxford Road Manchester M13 9WL
Received Not published7 Greylands Road Manchester M20 5PJ
Received Not published12 Meldon Road Manchester M13 0TZ
Received Not published3 Mayville Drive Manchester M20 3RB
Received Not published3 Mayville Drive Manchester M20 3RB
Received Not published24 Moorfield Road Manchester M20 2UY
Received Not publishedAbraham Moss Community School Crescent Road Manchester M8 5UF
Received Not publishedCar Park To The Rear Of Chorlton Irish Club Cross Road Manchester M21 9DJ
Received Not published32 Redland Crescent Manchester M21 8DL
Received Not publishedBurnage Media Arts College Burnage Lane Manchester M19 1ER
Received Not publishedYew Tree Manor Yewtree Lane Manchester M23 0EA
Received Not publishedThe Moon Under Water 68 - 74 Deansgate Manchester M3 2FN
Received Not publishedPark Terrace 1 - 3 Didsbury Park Manchester M20 5LH
Received Not publishedNeptune Mill 64 Chapeltown Street Manchester M1 2WQ
Received Not publishedLand Off Elizabeth Street Manchester M8 8BB
Received Not published4 Wellington Road Old Moat Manchester M14 6EQ
Received Not publishedDeansgate Locks Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5LH
Received Not published77 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3HR
Received Not publishedFootpath Outside 347 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 6SS
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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