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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Mar 2024 to 21 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
United Services Club 28 Southern Road Sale M33 6HQ
Received 30 Oct 20259 Brixham Drive Sale M33 5HN
Received 31 Oct 202543 Gorse Bank Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0BB
Received 3 Nov 2025Land Adjacent To Yew Tree Farmhouse, 240 Davyhulme Road, Urmston, M41 8QH
Received 3 Nov 2025Land Adjacent To Yew Tree Farmhouse, 240 Davyhulme Road, Urmston, M41 8QH
Received 3 Nov 2025The Bishop Blaize 708 Chester Road Stretford Manchester M32 0SF
Received 3 Nov 202571 Shaftesbury Avenue Timperley Altrincham WA15 7NP
Received 4 Nov 20251 King Street Stretford Manchester M32 8AE
Received 4 Nov 2025B&M 1-5 Broad Road Sale M33 2AE
Received 5 Nov 20256 - 10 Victoria Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9AF
Received 7 Nov 20256 - 10 Victoria Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9AF
Received 7 Nov 202513 Salcombe Close Sale M33 5HL
Received 7 Nov 202533 Southgate Flixton Manchester M41 9FS
Received 10 Nov 2025North West Ambulance Service Hart 40 Wheel Forge Way Trafford Park Manchester M17 1EH
Received 11 Nov 2025Land To The Rear Of 346 Manchester Road Altrincham WA14 5NH
Received 11 Nov 202561 Bedford Road Stretford Manchester M16 0JB
Received 12 Nov 202573 Craddock Road Sale M33 3LJ
Received 12 Nov 202596 Flixton Road Urmston Manchester M41 5AD
Received 14 Nov 20251A Lesley Road Stretford Manchester M32 9EE
Received 17 Nov 202555 Gawsworth Road Sale M33 2UZ
Received 17 Nov 2025Stretford Shopping Mall Units 124 And 125 Stretford Manchester M32 9BH
Received 17 Nov 202523 Wainwright Road Altrincham WA14 4BW
Received 17 Nov 2025Sabre Holdings Uk Ltd Golf Road Hale Altrincham WA15 8AH
Received 17 Nov 2025422 Barton Road Stretford Manchester M32 9RW
Received 17 Nov 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 Trafford Metropolitan Borough 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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