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29,285 approved · 3,250 refused · 2,119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Footpath Outside 347 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 6SS
Received Not publishedHangar 4 Airline Services Manchester Airport Ringway Road Manchester M90 5PQ
Received Not published7 Chorley Wood Avenue Manchester M19 1HE
Received Not published2 Redstone Road Manchester M19 1RB
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Quay Street & Manchester College To The North, Gartside Street & Quay Street To The East, Granada House & Studios & The Victoria & Albert Mariott Hotel To The South & Water Street & The River Irwell To The West Mancheste
Received Not publishedReynolds House 4 Archway Manchester M15 5RL
Received Not published57 Sandacre Road Manchester M23 1AP
Received Not published87 Rochdale Road Manchester M4 4JD
Received Not published57 Hacking Street Manchester M7 4ZD
Received Not publishedManchester Islamic High School For Girls 55 High Lane Manchester M21 9FA
Received Not publishedAll Souls Rectory Every Street Manchester M4 7DQ
Received Not publishedRear Of 595 Cheetham Hill Road Manchester M8 5EJ
Received Not publishedDnata City North 2 Pinfold Lane Manchester Airport Manchester M90 5XR
Received Not publishedWythenshawe Masjid 7 Moor End Manchester M22 4JQ
Received Not published85 Esmond Road Manchester M8 9LX
Received Not publishedCosta Coffee Victoria Railway Station Long Millgate Manchester M3 1WY
Received Not publishedYew Tree Manor Yewtree Lane Manchester
Received Not publishedBridgewater House 2 Silvercroft Street Manchester M15 4WG
Received Not publishedAshfield Lodge Bungalow 227 Palatine Road Manchester M20 2UD
Received Not published111 Mauldeth Road Manchester M14 6SR
Received Not publishedLand At Deansgate South Manchester M3 4LB
Received Not publishedLand Off Enterprise Way And Bailey Lane Manchester Airport Manchester
Received Not publishedLand At Bennett Street Manchester M12 5NL
Received Not published37 Broadlea Road Manchester M19 1ES
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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