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
32,204 approved · 3,528 refused · 2,369 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Car Park Great Jackson Street Manchester M15 4NJ
Received Not publishedVictoria Railway Station Long Millgate Manchester M3 1WY
Received Not published3 Arliss Avenue Manchester M19 2PD
Received Not published241 Woodlands Road Manchester M8 0GH
Received Not published6 Baldock Road Manchester M20 6JG
Received Not published2 Earl Walk Manchester M12 4HL
Received Not publishedThe Printworks Withy Grove Manchester M4 2BS
Received Not publishedMacdonald Manchester Hotel 91 London Road Manchester M1 2PG
Received Not published13 Napier Road Manchester M21 8AW
Received Not published7 Edgeworth Drive Manchester M14 6RU
Received Not publishedLand At The West Side Of The Junction Of Grey Mare Lane And Ashton New Road Manchester M11 3DG
Received Not publishedFootpath Outside No. 11-13 Piccadilly Manchester M60 1AY
Received Not publishedPiccadilly Outside No. 11-13 Manchester M60 1AY
Received Not publishedOpposite No. 60 Sackville Street Manchester M1 3BU
Received Not publishedOpposite No. 60 Sackville Street Manchester M1 3BU
Received Not publishedBaring Street Manchester M1 2PY
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To No. 4 Sandy Lane Chorlton Manchester M21 8TN
Received Not published1 The Grove Manchester M20 2RG
Received Not published64 Longley Lane Manchester M22 4JF
Received Not publishedHotel Gotham 100 King Street Manchester M2 4WU
Received Not published8 Dalmorton Road Manchester M21 0YQ
Received Not publishedLand Off Ambrose Street Manchester M12 5DD
Received Not publishedTesco Stores Ltd Altrincham Road Manchester M23 9TJ
Received Not publishedDavenport Trimmings Snell Street Manchester M4 7EL
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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