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
32,962 approved · 3,599 refused · 2,418 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Rice Street Manchester M3 4JL
Received Not published7 West Avenue Manchester M40 3WW
Received Not publishedUnit E2A City Tower Piccadilly Plaza Manchester M1 4AJ
Received Not publishedThe Green Building 19 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP
Received Not publishedWythenshawe Park Sports Hub Wythenshawe Road Manchester M23 0AB
Received Not published4 Vantage Point Hardman Street Manchester M3 3PL
Received Not published36 Martindale Crescent Manchester M12 4LQ
Received Not published130 Palatine Road Manchester M20 3ZA
Received Not published1 The Grove Manchester M20 2RG
Received Not published48 King Street Manchester M2 4LG
Received Not publishedClever Clowns Day Nursery Greenbrow Road Manchester M23 2UH
Received Not published302 St Mary's Road Manchester M40 0BD
Received Not publishedUnit 2 80 Port Street Manchester M1 2FH
Received Not published89 Gorton Lane Manchester M12 5WF
Received Not published7 Hastings Avenue Manchester M21 9JS
Received Not published1-3 York Street Manchester M2 2AW
Received Not published1-3, York Street Manchester M2 2AW
Received Not publishedLancaster, Dobson, Lincoln And Shackleton Courts Audax And Underhill Walks Avro Hollows Croydon Drive Manchester
Received Not publishedGreenheys Business Centre Pencroft Way Manchester M15 6JJ
Received Not published12no. self-contained flats at 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12 & 13 New Vine Street, 29 & 31 Reilly Street and 225 & 227 Clarendon Street Hulme Manchester M15
Received Not published68 Wilbraham Road Manchester M14 7DR
Received Not publishedAlbany Road Manchester M21 0BH
Received Not published39D Cardinal Street Manchester M8 0WN
Received Not publishedGrange School Matthews Lane Manchester M12 4GR
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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