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
33,339 approved · 3,631 refused · 2,445 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
153 Moorcroft Road Manchester M23 0AE
Received Not publishedCrumpsall Park Visitors Centre (North West Corner of Crumpsall Park) Ash Tree Road Manchester M8 5RX
Received Not publishedSunlight House Seventh & Eighth Floor Quay Street Manchester M3 3JZ
Received Not published161 ACOMB STREET MANCHESTER M14 4DY
Received Not published23 Beechwood Avenue Manchester M21 8UA
Received Not published10 Belfield Road Manchester M20 6BH
Received Not published98 Blackcarr Road Manchester M23 1PN
Received Not publishedHeaton Hall Heaton Park Middleton Road Manchester M25 2SW
Received Not publishedLand at Hillkirk Street Manchester M11 3EZ
Received Not publishedClayton Old Hall Ashton New Road Manchester M11 4RU
Received Not published55A Market Street Manchester M1 1WR
Received Not published3 Lanreath Walk Manchester M8 8WF
Received Not published21 Granville Road Manchester M14 6AD
Received Not publishedLand bound by King Street West, St Marys Parsonage, Garden Lane and Smithy Lane Manchester
Received Not published20 Park Avenue Manchester M19 2EE
Received Not published781 Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 2RW
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Dantzic Street, Gould Street, Williamson Street And Bromley Street (Known As Victoria Riverside) Manchester
Received Not publishedWythenshawe Campus Brownley Road Manchester M22 9UH
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Dantzic Street, Gould Street, Williamson Street And Bromley Street (Known As Victoria Riverside) Manchester
Received Not published359 Mount Road Manchester M19 3HW
Received Not published127 Princess Road Manchester M14 4RB
Received Not publishedPavilion House Wythenshawe Sports Ground Willenhall Road Manchester M23 0BD
Received Not published27A Chapel Road Manchester M22 4JN
Received Not publishedSite 3 - adjacent to No. 2 Circle Square along Symphony Park Circle Square Oxford Road Manchester M1 7ED
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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