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
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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Serenity 30 Moss Lane Sale
Received 25 Nov 202514 Carr Road Hale Altrincham WA15 8DX
Received 25 Nov 2025556 Kings Road Stretford Manchester M32 8JT
Received 26 Nov 2025Trafford Football Club Shawe Road Flixton Manchester M41 5DL
Received 26 Nov 20253 Merefield Court 21 Bow Lane Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3TA
Received 27 Nov 2025Riverside Ashley Mill Lane North Hale Barns Altrincham WA14 3NQ
Received 27 Nov 202541 Stott Drive Flixton Manchester M41 6WA
Received 27 Nov 2025Basell Polyolefins UK Ltd Carrington Works Isherwood Road Carrington Manchester M31 4AJ
Received 27 Nov 20254 Fairywell Drive Sale M33 3RX
Received 28 Nov 202559 Westmorland Road Urmston Manchester M41 9HN
Received 28 Nov 2025331 Oldfield Road Altrincham WA14 4QT
Received 28 Nov 2025Land Known As Philomenas Court Eeasebrook Urmston Manchester M41 9JA
Received 28 Nov 20255 Holly Grange Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2HU
Received 28 Nov 2025Mitsubishi Electric, Les Division Unit 12 Trafford Park Trafford M41 7LY
Received 1 Dec 20256 Millway Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0AE
Received 1 Dec 2025Lea Hurst St Margarets Road Altrincham WA14 2AW
Received 1 Dec 2025The Green Garage 126 Ashley Road Hale Altrincham WA14 2UN
Received 1 Dec 202549 Cumberland Road Urmston Manchester M41 9HR
Received 28 Nov 2025Land At Heath Farm Lane Partington Manchester M31 4EH
Received 1 Dec 2025The Cloisters Sale M33 3DR
Received 1 Dec 202527 Stamford New Road Altrincham WA14 1EB
Received 1 Dec 20259 Carrwood Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0ED
Received 1 Dec 2025129 Firs Road Sale M33 5EL
Received 1 Dec 2025129 Firs Road Sale M33 5EL
Received 1 Dec 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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