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
29,681 approved · 3,283 refused · 2,162 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Car Parking Spaces 50 Fountain Street Manchester M2 2AS
Received Not published29 Farrant Road Manchester M12 4PF
Received Not published327 Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PG
Received Not published20 Boscombe Street Manchester M14 7PG
Received Not published1 Silk Street Manchester M4 6LZ
Received Not publishedUnity Community Primary School 41 Allesley Drive Manchester M7 4YE
Received Not published577 Barlow Moor Road Manchester M21 8AE
Received Not published24 Metcombe Way Manchester M11 3BY
Received Not publishedLand At Sledmere Close And Alan Turing Way Manchester M11 3BU
Received Not published77 Northen Grove Manchester M20 2JL
Received Not publishedBrunswick Neighbourhood Manchester M13 9TQ
Received Not published247 Charlestown Road Manchester M9 7BD
Received Not publishedBentleys Harburg House 11 Ladybarn Road Manchester M14 6WN
Received Not publishedRed Bank Neighbourhood Victoria North Manchester
Received Not published25 Daresbury Road Manchester M21 9NA
Received Not publishedManchester Art Gallery Mosley Street Manchester M2 3JL
Received Not publishedLand At Stockport Road, Swallow Street, Siddall Street And Pennington Street Manchester
Received Not publishedLower Campfield Market Hall Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4FP
Received Not publishedLevenshulme High School For Girls Crossley Road Manchester M19 1FS
Received Not publishedPort Street Manchester
Received Not publishedPort Street Manchester M1 2EQ
Received Not publishedFormer Boddingtons Brewery Site Dutton Street Manchester M3 1LE
Received Not published179 Withington Road Manchester M16 8EF
Received Not publishedLand Bound By The River Medlock, The Bridgewater Canal The Hulme Lock Branch Canal And Egerton Street Manchester M15 4LE
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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