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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Park Square Stretford Manchester M16 0GG
Received 19 Feb 2026Manchester Airport Marriott Hale Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 8XW
Received 20 Feb 2026Manchester Airport Marriott Hale Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 8XW
Received 20 Feb 2026Democracy House 609 Stretford Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0QA
Received 20 Feb 2026Former Loreto Convent (Plot 2) Land Adjacent 28 Hartley Road Altrincham WA14 4AY
Received 20 Feb 202659 Hope Road Sale M33 3DU
Received 20 Feb 202626 Carrwood Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0EJ
Received 20 Feb 2026Bridge Works 2 Bridgewater Embankment Altrincham WA14 4RL
Received 20 Feb 20261 Denstone Avenue Sale M33 4QE
Received 20 Feb 2026Ringway Golf Club 301 Hale Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 8SW
Received 20 Feb 202614 Garner Avenue Timperley Altrincham WA15 6AG
Received 20 Feb 202613 Norman Road Sale M33 3DF
Received 23 Feb 202617 Brien Avenue Altrincham WA14 1LT
Received 23 Feb 2026Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witness Wellington Road Altrincham WA15 7QZ
Received 23 Feb 202621 Reynolds Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9WX
Received 23 Feb 202614 Simons Close Sale M33 7RY
Received 23 Feb 2026Littledown South Downs Drive Hale Barns Altrincham WA14 3HR
Received 23 Feb 2026Partington Social Club Warburton Lane Partington Manchester M31 4NR
Received 23 Feb 2026Partington Social Club Warburton Lane Partington Manchester M31 4NR
Received 23 Feb 20263 Ponsonby Road Stretford Manchester M32 0DU
Received 23 Feb 20263 Buckingham Grove Timperley Altrincham WA14 5AH
Received 23 Feb 20261 Hale Low Road Hale Altrincham WA15 8BD
Received 23 Feb 2026Bridge Works 2 Bridgewater Embankment Altrincham WA14 4RL
Received 23 Feb 202678 Hempcroft Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 7JF
Received 23 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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