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
30,048 approved · 3,318 refused · 2,194 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
241 Barlow Moor Road Manchester M21 7QL
Received Not publishedRear Part Ground First Second And Third Floors 33 King Street Manchester M2 6AA
Received Not publishedGround Floor 59 Cross Street Manchester M2 4JW
Received Not published376 Slade Lane Manchester M19 2BU
Received Not published44 Lombard Grove Manchester M14 6AN
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of 354 Wilbraham Road Manchester
Received Not publishedNorth Manchester General Hospital Delaunays Road Manchester M8 5RB
Received Not published16 Totnes Road Manchester M21 8XF
Received Not publishedLower Campfield Market Hall Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4NN
Received Not published103 Kingswood Road Manchester M14 6RY
Received Not published760 Hyde Road Manchester M18 7EF
Received Not publishedSunlight House Quay Street Manchester M3 3JZ
Received Not publishedLand On The Corner Of Poland Street And Jersey Street Manchester M4 6JW
Received Not published65 Daisy Bank Road Manchester M14 5QL
Received Not published10 Inchfield Road Manchester M40 5GH
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Hulme Street To The North, Wilmott Street To The East, The Unite Parkway Gate Development And Mancunian Way To The South, And Medlock Street To The West Manchester
Received Not publishedVanilla 39 - 41 Richmond Street Manchester M1 3WB
Received Not publishedFlat 14 Sheena Simon College 42 Chorlton Street Manchester M1 3HW
Received Not published183 Slade Lane Manchester M19 2AE
Received Not published222 Greame Street Manchester M14 4JQ
Received Not publishedSafestore 202-208 Cheetham Hill Road Manchester M8 8LW
Received Not publishedCorner Of Reliance Street And Oldham Road Manchester M40 1EZ
Received Not published31 Underwood Close Manchester M18 8UY
Received Not publishedBeer Studio Bar And Kitchen 256A Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 6LB
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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