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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Priory Road Sale M33 2BU
Received 1 Dec 2025St Vincents Catholic Primary School Orchard Road Altrincham WA15 8EY
Received 1 Dec 202564 Barkers Lane Sale M33 6SD
Received 1 Dec 2025St John Vianney RC School Rye Bank Road Stretford M16 0EX
Received 1 Dec 202588 Norwood Road Stretford Manchester M32 8PP
Received 1 Dec 202536 Norwood Road Stretford Manchester M32 8PW
Received 2 Dec 2025Land Between 2 And 4 Norwood Road Stretford Manchester M32 8PW
Received 2 Dec 202528 Albert Square Altrincham WA14 2ND
Received 2 Dec 20251 Station Cottages Manchester Road Partington Manchester M31 4BW
Received 2 Dec 2025Summer Place 4B Charcoal Road Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 4RU
Received 2 Dec 2025Land Between 29-31 Brook Road Urmston M41 5RQ
Received 2 Dec 2025Second Floor Oakland House 70 - 82 Talbot Road Stretford Manchester M16 0PQ
Received 3 Dec 2025Dunham Park Woodhouse Lane Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 4SJ
Received 3 Dec 2025Land To North Of Stokoe Avenue Altrincham WA14 4LF
Received 3 Dec 202535A Princess Road Urmston Manchester M41 5ST
Received 28 Nov 2025163A Ashley Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9SD
Received 3 Dec 2025111 Washway Road Sale M33 7TY
Received 3 Dec 202513 Park Drive Hale Altrincham WA15 9DJ
Received 4 Dec 202548 Ashfield Road Sale M33 7DT
Received 4 Dec 2025112 Carrington Lane Sale M33 5NG
Received 4 Dec 2025Ashley Villa 45 Ashley Road Altrincham
Received 4 Dec 202512 Lloyd Street Altrincham WA14 2DE
Received 4 Dec 20257 Lime Crescent Old Trafford Manchester M16 0NW
Received 4 Dec 20254 Carrwood Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0EE
Received 4 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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