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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
701 - 709 Chester Road And 2 Hornby Road Stretford Manchester M32 0RW
Received 14 Jan 202626 Royston Road Stretford Manchester M16 0EU
Received 9 Jan 2026Land At Lacy Street Stretford
Received 13 Jan 202613 Money Ash Road Altrincham WA15 9QL
Received 15 Jan 2026Altrincham Preparatory School 6 West Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2LE
Received 15 Jan 202626 Framingham Road Sale M33 3SH
Received 15 Jan 202627 Meadow Close Stretford Manchester M32 8JF
Received 15 Jan 2026Land Off Tulip Road, Partington, Manchester, M31 4JE
Received 15 Jan 2026Land Off Bold Street Old Trafford
Received 16 Jan 2026Phase R6/7 Carrington Village Carrington
Received 16 Jan 2026Phase R6/7 Carrington Village Carrington
Received 16 Jan 2026230 Brooklands Road Sale M33 3PH
Received 16 Jan 2026Trafford General Hospital Building 7, 20, 25, 26, 30R, 74 Moorside Road Flixton Manchester M41 5SL
Received 15 Jan 2026188 Marsland Road Sale M33 3NE
Received 16 Jan 2026Partington Sports Centre Chapel Lane Partington Manchester M31 4ES
Received 16 Jan 2026Churchills View Dunham Woods 4C Charcoal Road Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 4RU
Received 9 Jan 2026Lightoaks 33 Arthog Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0LY
Received 16 Jan 202627 Warwick Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9NP
Received 16 Jan 20269 Rivington Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9PH
Received 19 Jan 202612 Chinley Close Sale M33 3LT
Received 19 Jan 20263 Harcourt Road Sale M33 6PD
Received 19 Jan 202644 Temple Road Sale M33 2FP
Received 19 Jan 202630 Bradgate Road Altrincham WA14 4QU
Received 19 Jan 2026Churchills View Dunham Woods 4C Charcoal Road Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 4RU
Received 19 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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