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
32,535 approved · 3,559 refused · 2,388 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lingerfields Sunbank Lane Manchester WA15 0PY
Received Not published1 BROOMFIELD DRIVE MANCHESTER M8 9EE
Received Not publishedRailway Arches 59, 60 & 61 Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 3AB
Received Not publishedGreat Northern Tower 1 Watson Street Manchester
Received Not published2-32 HADFIELD CLOSE MANCHESTER M14 5LY
Received Not published335-337 OXFORD ROAD MANCHESTER M13 9PG
Received Not published70 Homewood Road, Manchester, M22 4DQ
Received Not publishedLevel 9 and 10 Pall Mall Court 67 King Street Manchester M2 4PD
Received Not published11 Wadebridge Avenue Manchester M23 9LS
Received Not published52 YATTENDON AVENUE MANCHESTER M23 9ES
Received Not published595 CHEETHAM HILL ROAD MANCHESTER M8 5EJ
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to 6 Earl Walk Manchester M12 4PX
Received Not published153 OSWALD ROAD, MANCHESTER, M21 9AZ
Received Not published4 Angel Square Corporation Street Manchester M4 4DU
Received Not published132-134 Burton Road, Manchester M20 1JQ
Received Not publishedARCHES 1-4 and 6-11 CORPORATION STREET, MANCHESTER, M4 4DG
Received Not publishedARCH 5, CORPORATION STREET, MANCHESTER, M4 4DG
Received Not published88-90 Carmoor Road Manchester M13 0FB
Received Not publishedUnit B1 Ennis Close, Manchester, M23 9LE
Received Not published1NQ Tariff Street Manchester M1 2FF
Received Not published8 Grandale Street, Manchester, M14 5WG
Received Not publishedHMP Manchester Southall Street Manchester M3 1JL
Received Not publishedTangmere Court Dudley Road Manchester M16 8DF
Received Not published28 SHADOWBROOK AVENUE, MANCHESTER, M23 2BD
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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