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
33,859 approved · 3,677 refused · 2,479 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Union Street Bridge Redhill Street New Union Street Manchester M4 6AD
Received Not published37 Finchley Road Manchester M14 6EN
Received Not published194 Hamilton Road Manchester M13 0PX
Received Not publishedSt Anselm Hall Kent Road East Manchester M14 5BX
Received Not publishedLand to the north east of Rose Cottage Off Eastwood Road New Moston Manchester M40 3TB
Received Not published30 Alan Road Manchester M20 4SF
Received Not published61 College Drive Manchester M16 0AD
Received Not published9 Manor Avenue Manchester M16 8DX
Received Not publishedTrinity Tower Manchester M3 4JW
Received Not published4A Ridgefield Manchester M2 6EQ
Received Not publishedKilburn Building Plant Compound To Rear Of Kilburn Building And Wilton Street Manchester M13 9PL
Received Not publishedKilburn Building Plant Compound To Rear Of Kilburn Building And Wilton Street Manchester
Received Not publishedLand off Crab Tree Lane Manchester
Received Not publishedNeedham Hall 2 Dundreggan Gardens Manchester M20 2EH
Received Not published22 Abbotsfield Court Manchester M8 0AW
Received Not published12 Redbridge Grove Mancheter M21 9GX
Received Not publishedUnit 1 Market Place Civic Centre The Birtles Manchester M22 5RE
Received Not published31 Corkland Road Manchester M21 8UP
Received Not publishedLand to rear of 354 Wilbraham Road Manchester
Received Not publishedWilbraham Road SW Wellington Road Manchester M14 6FG
Received Not published31 Pine Road Manchester M20 6UZ
Received Not publishedSt Anselm Hall Kent Road East Manchester M14 5BX
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Oldham Road (A62), Old Church Street, The Lidl Food store And Newton Street Manchester M40 1EZ
Received Not published10 Farrant Road Manchester M12 4PD
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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