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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Urmston Lane Stretford Manchester M32 9BP
Received 6 Jan 20263 Streamside Close Timperley Altrincham WA15 7PE
Received 6 Jan 202610 Norman Road Altrincham WA14 4EB
Received 6 Jan 20268 Egerton Road Hale Altrincham WA15 8EE
Received 6 Jan 202633 Church Road Urmston Manchester M41 9FH
Received 7 Jan 20261 - 3 Broad Road Sale
Received 7 Jan 202665 Kenwood Road Stretford Manchester M32 8PS
Received 7 Jan 2026Lane End Bollinway Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0PB
Received 7 Jan 202675 Cornhill Road Davyhulme Manchester M41 5SZ
Received 7 Jan 20266 Cumberland Road Urmston Manchester M41 9HS
Received 6 Jan 2026100 Cecil Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9NX
Received 7 Jan 202631 Newcroft Crescent Urmston Manchester M41 9NW
Received 7 Jan 202625 Rye Bank Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0EP
Received 7 Jan 2026Development House 30 Crofts Bank Road Urmston Manchester M41 0UH
Received 8 Jan 202621 Lawrence Road Altrincham WA14 4EL
Received 8 Jan 2026Development House 30 Crofts Bank Road Urmston Manchester M41 0UH
Received 8 Jan 20263 Newcroft Road Urmston Manchester M41 9NL
Received 8 Jan 202614 Enriqueta Rylands Close Stretford Manchester M32 0NW
Received 8 Jan 20269 Lansdowne Road Sale M33 6PF
Received 6 Jan 202651 Gorse Bank Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0BB
Received 8 Jan 20264 Dearne Drive Stretford Manchester M32 0JU
Received 8 Jan 2026High Row 2 Elcho Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2TH
Received 9 Jan 2026White Oaks Bollinway Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0NZ
Received 9 Jan 202654 Grange Road Sale M33 6RY
Received 9 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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