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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Plantin Road Altrincham Trafford WA14 4YU
Received 28 Jan 202611 Arnesby Avenue Sale M33 2NJ
Received 28 Jan 202614 Meadow Close Hale Altrincham WA15 8JR
Received 28 Jan 2026Trafford Bank House 32 Brindley Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9SD
Received 29 Jan 202697 Kings Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9WY
Received 29 Jan 202612 Rydal Avenue Flixton Manchester M41 6EG
Received 29 Jan 202663 - 67 Washway Road Sale M33 7SS
Received 29 Jan 20261 Orchard Road Altrincham WA15 8EY
Received 29 Jan 202632 Woodbridge Road Flixton Manchester M41 8RH
Received 27 Jan 2026Flat 2 5 Railway Road Urmston Manchester M41 0XL
Received 29 Jan 2026Langham Mount East Downs Road Bowdon
Received 30 Jan 20261 David Phillips Furniture Longwood Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1PZ
Received 30 Jan 202625 Upton Drive Timperley Altrincham WA14 5QP
Received 28 Jan 2026Broom Cottage 2 Vale Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3AB
Received 30 Jan 202626 Priory Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3BP
Received 29 Jan 202627 Riddings Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 6BW
Received 30 Jan 202625 Arderne Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 6HJ
Received 30 Jan 202619B Willow Tree Road Altrincham WA14 2EQ
Received 30 Jan 2026The Kellogg Building Talbot Road Stretford Manchester M16 0PU
Received 30 Jan 202664 Briony Avenue Hale Altrincham WA15 8QA
Received 30 Jan 2026The Kellogg Building Talbot Road Stretford Manchester M16 0PU
Received 30 Jan 2026The Kellogg Building Talbot Road Stretford Manchester M16 0PU
Received 30 Jan 2026The Kellogg Building Talbot Road Stretford Manchester M16 0PU
Received 2 Feb 20268 Glenhaven Avenue Urmston Manchester M41 5BW
Received 2 Feb 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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