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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakleigh 21 Portland Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2PA
Received 12 Feb 202621 Derwent Drive Sale M33 3SZ
Received 10 Feb 20264 Barns Place Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0HP
Received 12 Feb 202676 Brunswick Road Altrincham WA14 1LR
Received 10 Feb 2026124 Roseneath Road Urmston Manchester M41 5AZ
Received 12 Feb 202649 Southern Road Sale M33 6HP
Received 12 Feb 20263 Brixham Drive Sale M33 5HN
Received 12 Feb 2026Land At Barton Road Davyhulme Manchester M41 7NL
Received 12 Feb 20262 Albert Road Sale M33 3EA
Received 12 Feb 2026114 Shrewsbury Street Old Trafford Manchester M16 9AU
Received 13 Feb 202632 Kings Road Sale M33 6GB
Received 13 Feb 2026Woodside Green Walk Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2SW
Received 13 Feb 20267 Dorchester Close Hale Altrincham WA15 8PW
Received 13 Feb 2026Car Park Lacy Street Stretford
Received 13 Feb 202665 Ayres Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9NH
Received 13 Feb 2026449 Chester Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9HA
Received 13 Feb 2026370 Oldfield Road Altrincham WA14 4QT
Received 13 Feb 202622 Westbourne Park Urmston Manchester M41 0XS
Received 13 Feb 20269 The Copse Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0RU
Received 16 Feb 202615 Whitehall Road Sale M33 3WJ
Received 16 Feb 202685 Riddings Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 6BS
Received 16 Feb 202678 Woodhouse Road Davyhulme Manchester M41 7WX
Received 16 Feb 202633 Northumberland Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9DA
Received 16 Feb 2026Riseley Elcho Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2TH
Received 16 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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