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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
7 Glencoe Drive Sale M33 4WL
Received 17 Mar 2026Trafford Grove Stretford Manchester M32 8LW
Received 17 Mar 20264 Wasdale Avenue Davyhulme Manchester M41 5TL
Received 17 Mar 202626 Bollin Drive Timperley Altrincham WA14 5QS
Received 17 Mar 202617 Exmouth Road Sale M33 5HT
Received 17 Mar 202611 Park Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9NL
Received 17 Mar 2026World Of Pets Thorley Lane Timperley Altrincham WA15 7PJ
Received 17 Mar 202634 Park Road Sale M33 6WX
Received 18 Mar 20263 Firs Avenue Old Trafford Manchester M16 0GA
Received 18 Mar 202626 Broadway Partington Manchester M31 4DH
Received 18 Mar 202630 Westmorland Road Urmston Manchester M41 9HL
Received 18 Mar 202612 Daisyhill Close Sale M33 2HW
Received 18 Mar 202665 Cherry Lane Sale M33 4WE
Received 18 Mar 2026Field Walk Bent Lane Warburton Lymm WA13 9TQ
Received 18 Mar 2026Trafford Boulevard Trafford Park Greater Manchester Stretford M17 8PG
Received 18 Mar 20266 Harrow Road Sale M33 3TL
Received 18 Mar 20265 Arthog Drive Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0NB
Received 17 Mar 202665 Wellington Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 7RH
Received 18 Mar 20265 Arthog Drive Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0NB
Received 17 Mar 202624 Tintern Avenue Flixton Manchester M41 6FJ
Received 17 Mar 20265 Churchfields Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3PL
Received 18 Mar 20267 Oakleigh Avenue Timperley Altrincham WA15 6QT
Received 18 Mar 2026Towngate Farm Irlam Road Flixton Manchester M41 6TZ
Received 19 Mar 202636 Ravenstone Drive Sale M33 2WB
Received 19 Mar 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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