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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
107 Dane Road Sale M33 7BL
Received 23 Dec 202555 Wellington Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 7RQ
Received 23 Dec 2025Turn Lee 2 Albert Square Altrincham WA14 2ND
Received 23 Dec 202525 Vaudrey Drive Timperley Altrincham WA15 6HH
Received 24 Dec 2025T G I Fridays Cross Street Sale M33 7JR
Received 24 Dec 202511 Hermitage Road Hale Altrincham WA15 8BN
Received 24 Dec 2025Stables Fairy Lane Sale M33 2JT
Received 24 Dec 2025Sewerage Works Lock Lane Partington Manchester M31 4PW
Received 24 Dec 202523 Cranston Drive Sale M33 2PB
Received 29 Dec 2025Davenport Green Roaring Gate Lane Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 8UA
Received 29 Dec 202545 Gorse Bank Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0BB
Received 29 Dec 202565 Cherry Lane Sale M33 4WE
Received 29 Dec 202524 West Vale Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 7RN
Received 29 Dec 2025Bridge Works 2 Bridgewater Embankment Altrincham WA14 4RL
Received 30 Dec 2025109 Firs Road Sale M33 5FJ
Received 30 Dec 2025Duncalf Farm Clay Lane Hale Altrincham WA15 7TR
Received 31 Dec 202533 Briony Avenue Hale Altrincham WA15 8PY
Received 9 Jan 202656 Daresbury Avenue Flixton Manchester M41 8GL
Received 29 Dec 2025Land West Of Barton Road, Stretford, M32 9GJ
Received 2 Jan 202610 Grange Road Sale M33 6RY
Received 5 Jan 20264 Granville Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 7BE
Received 5 Jan 20264 Weaver Court Old Trafford Manchester M15 4BY
Received 5 Jan 2026Trafford Park Hotel Third Avenue Trafford Park Manchester M17 1BW
Received 5 Jan 202623A Weldon Road Altrincham WA14 4HF
Received 5 Jan 2026Records 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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