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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Paddock House Farm 10 Fairy Lane Sale M33 2JT
Received 16 Feb 202619 Charleston Close Sale M33 4US
Received 16 Feb 2026Ash Road, Cranberry Road, Wood Lane A, B And C And Cumberland Road Partington
Received 16 Feb 2026Oakland House 70 - 82 Talbot Road Stretford
Received 17 Feb 2026Oakland House 70 - 82 Talbot Road Stretford
Received 17 Feb 202622 Windsor Drive Timperley Altrincham WA14 5AN
Received 17 Feb 2026155 Shaftesbury Avenue Timperley Altrincham WA15 7AY
Received 17 Feb 2026Basell Polyolefins UK Ltd Carrington Works Isherwood Road Carrington Manchester M31 4AJ
Received 17 Feb 2026The Tree House 1A Brookfield Avenue Timperley Altrincham WA15 6TH
Received 17 Feb 2026Land Corner Of George Richards Way And Davenport Lane Altrincham WA14 5BT
Received 17 Feb 2026182 - 186 Washway Road Sale M33 6RN
Received 17 Feb 202632 Westgate Flixton Manchester M41 9EL
Received 17 Feb 20266 Harcourt Avenue Urmston Manchester M41 9NR
Received 17 Feb 2026115 Chapel Lane Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0SU
Received 18 Feb 20263 Barkway Road Stretford Manchester M32 9NB
Received 17 Feb 2026Altrincham Boys Grammar School Marlborough Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2RW
Received 18 Feb 20261-3 Manor Avenue Urmston Manchester M41 9GH
Received 18 Feb 2026Rear Of Development House 30 Crofts Bank Road Urmston Manchester M41 0UH
Received 18 Feb 2026Land At Stretford Shopping Mall Chester Road Stretford
Received 18 Feb 2026119 Kingsway Park Davyhulme Manchester M41 7ED
Received 18 Feb 202693 Skerton Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0NG
Received 13 Feb 20268 Linden Avenue Sale M33 6RS
Received 19 Feb 202681 Humphrey Park Urmston Manchester M41 9WF
Received 19 Feb 2026318 Brooklands Road Sale Manchester M23 9HB
Received 19 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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