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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
32,592 approved · 3,563 refused · 2,395 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 4 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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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.
550 MAULDETH ROAD WEST MANCHESTER M21 7AA
Received Not published526 CLAREMONT ROAD MANCHESTER M14 5XL
Received Not published26 Paprika Close, Manchester, M11 2LS
Received Not published862 Kingsway Manchester M20 5WG
Received Not published581-585 Wilbraham Road Manchester M21 9AF
Received Not publishedOld Wellington Inn Courtyard, 4 Cathedral Gates, Manchester, M3 1SW
Received Not published18 South Drive Manchester M21 8DY
Received Not published17 Chatham Grove Manchester M20 1HS
Received Not publishedMARLSBRO HOUSE 52-54 NEWTON STREET MANCHESTER M1 1ED
Received Not published178 PALATINE ROAD MANCHESTER M20 2UW
Received Not published48 PARRY ROAD, MANCHESTER, M12 5QD
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Oldham Road (A62), Old Church Street, The Lidl Food Store And Newton Street Manchester M40 1EZ
Received Not published249 BROOKLANDS ROAD, MANCHESTER, M23 9HF
Received Not publishedLand Off Corner Of Lathbury Road And Carisbrook Street Manchester M9 5GE
Received Not publishedRutherford Building University Of Manchester Coupland Street Manchester M13 9GP
Received Not published60 BIRCH LANE MANCHESTER M13 0WN
Received Not publishedPellowe House Francis Road Manchester M20 4XP
Received Not published11 Whitehaven Gardens Manchester M20 2SY
Received Not published153 MOORCROFT ROAD MANCHESTER M23 0AE
Received Not published331 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M14 6NW
Received Not publishedLangham Court Mersey Road Manchester M20 2PX
Received Not published66 Jersey Street Manchester M4 6JW
Received Not publishedPlot H5 Land at Chicago Avenue to the north of the Voyager office building and south of the Tribe hotel Manchester Airport M90 3RA
Received Not published11 Dartmouth Road, Manchester, M21 8XL
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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