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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
DW Sport Fitness Whitehall Road Sale M33 3NL
Received 12 Dec 202511 Lamprey Drive Altrincham WA14 5YQ
Received 15 Dec 202524 Stanley Drive Timperley Altrincham WA15 7NN
Received 15 Dec 202560 Ennerdale Drive Sale M33 5NE
Received 15 Dec 2025Oakenbank 24 Stanhope Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3JT
Received 15 Dec 2025Langton 68 South Downs Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3DS
Received 15 Dec 202552 Exeter Road Davyhulme Manchester M41 0RE
Received 15 Dec 2025Land At Crossford Court Dane Road Sale M33 7BZ
Received 15 Dec 202579 And 81 New Street Altrincham WA14 2QP
Received 15 Dec 2025Unit 2A Johnson Street Old Trafford Manchester M15 4BL
Received 15 Dec 2025Maitlands 246 Ashley Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9ND
Received 15 Dec 20251 Holly Grange Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2HU
Received 9 Dec 2025Former L And M Business Park Norman Road Altrincham WA14 4ES
Received 15 Dec 2025Portland Place 6 Belgrave Road Bowdon
Received 15 Dec 2025Alby 10 Warwick Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9NS
Received 15 Dec 20256 Cottrell Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0RT
Received 16 Dec 2025Carlton House Carlton Road Hale Altrincham WA15 8RH
Received 16 Dec 2025107 Firs Road Sale M33 5FJ
Received 16 Dec 2025St Peters Vicarage 1 Harrop Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9BU
Received 16 Dec 2025Unit C14 Broadheath Networkcentre 2 97 Atlantic Street Altrincham WA14 5EW
Received 16 Dec 2025Man Trucks And Bus Uk Ltd 1 Bailey Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1SA
Received 16 Dec 2025Cargill Trafford Park Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1PA
Received 17 Dec 2025Grovelea 13 Buckingham Way Timperley Altrincham WA15 6PQ
Received 17 Dec 20259 Harrop Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9BU
Received 17 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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