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
31,357 approved · 3,432 refused · 2,308 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
576 Burnage Lane Manchester M19 1NA
Received Not published56 Brookleigh Road Manchester M20 4RX
Received Not published38 Hardy Lane Manchester M21 7LA
Received Not published35 Wren Way Manchester M11 3NH
Received Not publishedFormer Boddingtons Brewery Site Dutton Street Manchester M3 1LE
Received Not published16 Parkwood Road Manchester M23 0AA
Received Not publishedFlats 1 - 12 25 Mary France Street Manchester M15 5FN And Flats 1 - 6 11 Eliza Street M15 5EG
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Dantzic Street, Gould Street, Williamson Street And Bromley Street (Known As Victoria Riverside) Manchester
Received Not published35 Fountain Street Manchester M2 2AN
Received Not published9 Brookstone Close Manchester M21 7UH
Received Not published9 Daresbury Road Manchester M21 9NA
Received Not publishedDixons Newall Green Academy Greenbrow Road Manchester M23 2SX
Received Not publishedParrs Wood High School Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 5PG
Received Not published17 Symphony Park Manchester M1 7FS
Received Not published99 Dudley Road Manchester M16 8BW
Received Not published15 Caldervale Avenue Manchester M21 7QB
Received Not published44 Daisy Bank Road Manchester M14 5QP
Received Not publishedBuilding 308 Manchester Airport Ringway Road Manchester M90 5PZ
Received Not published117 Catterick Road Manchester M20 6HD
Received Not publishedSt Johns Roll Of Honour 3 Byrom Street Manchester M3 3HN
Received Not publishedLand To The South Of Alderford Parade, The East Of Waterloo Road, The North Of Deerhurst & Dinnington Drive And The South Of Tamerton Drive; & Land To The West Of Starmoor Drive & The North And East Of Heatherdale Drive Manchester
Received Not publishedOxford Road Railway Station Oxford Road Station Approach Manchester M1 6FU
Received Not publishedFormer Debenhams 109 - 127 Market Street Manchester M60 1TA
Received Not published110 Portland Street Manchester M1 4RL
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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