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
33,809 approved · 3,672 refused · 2,477 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Sandileigh Avenue Manchester M20 3LW
Received Not publishedAshburne House 100 Oxford Place Manchester M14 5SF
Received Not publishedPlot F Great Jackson Street Manchester M15 4NJ
Received Not published299 New Bank Street Manchester M12 4HW
Received Not publishedPlot F Great Jackson Street Manchester M15 4NJ
Received Not published2 South Drive Manchester M21 8DX
Received Not published77 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3HR
Received Not publishedThe Manchester College (Openshaw Campus) Ashton Old Road Manchester M11 2WH
Received Not publishedSunlight House Quay Street Manchester M3 3JZ
Received Not published139 Wilmslow Road Manchester M14 5AW
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Dantzic Street, Gould Street, Williamson Street And Bromley Street (Known As Victoria Riverside) Manchester
Received Not published95 Saddlecote Close Manchester M8 5QE
Received Not publishedThe Gamecock Boundary Lane Manchester M15 6GE
Received Not publishedLand at Downey Drive Manchester M4 6BW
Received Not publishedRutherford Building Coupland Street Manchester M13 9GP
Received Not publishedCrawford House Booth Street East Manchester M13 9SS
Received Not publishedRutherford Building Coupland Street Manchester M13 9GP
Received Not published137 Oxford Road Manchester M1 7DY
Received Not published177 Burton Road Manchester M20 2BB
Received Not published71 Houseman Crescent Manchester M20 2JD
Received Not publishedLomond Convenience Superstore 55-57 Lomond Road Wythenshawe M22 5JB
Received Not published26 Clare Road Manchester M19 2GP
Received Not published335C Wilbraham Road Manchester M16 8GL
Received Not publishedArch 77 Whitworth Street West Manchester M1 5WQ
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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