Understanding planning · 13 min read
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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Bowdon Road Altrincham WA14 2AH
Received 9 Feb 202620 Beeston Avenue Timperley Altrincham WA15 7RU
Received 9 Feb 202638 Stamford Park Road Altrincham WA15 9EW
Received 9 Feb 202638 Clarendon Crescent Sale M33 2FT
Received 9 Feb 2026210 Derbyshire Lane West Stretford Manchester M32 9LD
Received 9 Feb 202628 Plantin Road Altrincham Trafford WA14 4YU
Received 9 Feb 20266 Wroxham Avenue Davyhulme Manchester M41 5TE
Received 9 Feb 202611 Clay Lane Hale Altrincham WA15 8PJ
Received 9 Feb 202698 Park Road Stretford Manchester M32 8FD
Received 9 Feb 2026Barthomley Catherine Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2TD
Received 9 Feb 2026Dorchester Court Brooklands Road Sale
Received 9 Feb 202624 Lincoln Avenue Stretford Manchester M32 9TX
Received 9 Feb 20268 Blueberry Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3LT
Received 9 Feb 2026Flat 2 Hill Carr St Margarets Road Altrincham WA14 2BE
Received 9 Feb 2026111 Arnesby Avenue Sale M33 2WH
Received 9 Feb 2026Land North Of Ashton Road Carrington
Received 10 Feb 20265 Westwood Drive Sale M33 3QZ
Received 10 Feb 2026Land At Ocean Estates Trafford Park Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1AT
Received 10 Feb 20262 Lodge Avenue Urmston Manchester M41 9LL
Received 10 Feb 202641 Ashley Road Altrincham WA14 2DP
Received 10 Feb 2026Jackson House Sibson Road Sale
Received 10 Feb 202622 Ravenwood Drive Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0JA
Received 10 Feb 202633 Reynolds Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9WX
Received 10 Feb 2026Z Warehouse Mosley Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1PG
Received 10 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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