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
32,714 approved · 3,574 refused · 2,402 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
112 Old Lansdowne Road Manchester M20 2NY
Received Not publishedBuilding 308 Manchester Airport Ringway Road Manchester M90 5PZ
Received Not published10 Sargent Drive Manchester M16 7DP
Received Not publishedCentury Buildings 14 St Mary's Parsonage Manchester M3 2DF
Received Not publishedLand Between Junctions Moss Lane East And Barnhill Street, Princess Road Manchester M14 4TE
Received Not published7 Eccleston Avenue Manchester M14 7AH
Received Not publishedLand Bound by King Street West, St Marys Parsonage, Garden Lane and Smithy Lane Manchester
Received Not published76 Victoria Road Manchester M14 6BZ
Received Not published60 VICTORIA ROAD MANCHESTER M14 6BZ
Received Not publishedKennels and Cattery Spring Bank Farm 72 High Bank Manchester M18 8UJ
Received Not published45 Ward Street Manchester M20 6TJ
Received Not published106 Beresford Road Manchester M13 0TB
Received Not publishedLand Junction of Parrswood Lane, Manchester
Received Not publishedChristie Hospital NHS Trust 550 Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 4BX
Received Not published87 Rochdale Road Manchester M4 4JD
Received Not publishedBridge College Whitworth Street Manchester M11 2GR
Received Not published124 Egerton Road South Manchester M21 0XJ
Received Not published56 King Street Manchester M2 4LY
Received Not published56 King Street Manchester M2 4LY
Received Not published10 Elford Grove Manchester M18 7NB
Received Not publishedY Club Liverpool Road Manchester M3 4JR
Received Not published4 Angel Square Corporation Street NOMA Manchester M4 4DU
Received Not published4 Woodlands Drive Manchester M33 3PQ
Received Not publishedFlat 1 28 Stanley Road Manchester M16 8HS
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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