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
32,360 approved · 3,539 refused · 2,378 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chatham Mill 8 Chester Street Manchester M1 5SH
Received Not publishedPavement Adjacent To 27 St Anns Street
Received Not publishedManchester Museum Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL
Received Not published25-27 Swan Street Manchester M4 5JZ
Received Not published21 St John Street Manchester M3 4DT
Received Not published159 Kingsbrook Road Manchester M16 8NR
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Deansgate, Great Bridgewater Street, Watson Street & Peter Street Manchester M3 4EN
Received Not publishedGreat Northen Warehouse Manchester M3 4EN
Received Not publishedTreetop Adventure Golf Unit 17A The Printworks 7 Dantzic Street Manchester M4 2AD
Received Not published571 Oldham Road Manchester M40 5AF
Received Not published49 Chorlton Street Manchester M1 3FY
Received Not published2 Little Lever Street Manchester M1 1HR
Received Not published39 Great Ancoats Street Manchester M4 5AE
Received Not publishedDidsbury Hotel 852 Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 2SG
Received Not published466 - 472 Moss Lane East Manchester M14 4PJ
Received Not published42 - 46 Thomas Street Manchester M4 1ER
Received Not published190-192 Chapman Street Manchester M18 8NU
Received Not publishedBuilding Adjacent To Former Parish Hall At The Corner Of Niven Street And Cotter Street Manchester M12 6PN
Received Not publishedNorth Manchester Sixth Form College Rochdale Road Manchester M9 4AF
Received Not publishedAlbion Works Pollard Street Oldham Road Manchester M4 7DJ
Received Not published35-37 Thomas Street Manchester M4 1NA
Received Not published27 Northen Grove Manchester M20 2NL
Received Not publishedManchester Museum Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL
Received Not publishedThe Footage Grosvenor Street Manchester M1 7DZ
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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