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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.
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Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,980Searchable applications
370Recorded as pending
83%Approval rate · 1,163 approved or refused records
198Refused applications
965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and Building ControlLocal plan Planning policy and strategyPre-application advice Advice before submitting a planning applicationConservation areas Pre-application advice for heritage sitesArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas22 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Awaiting decision118668/FUL/26
Conversion of a vacant chapel into a 3 bedroomed dwelling with associated external alterations and landscaping.
Welsh Presbyterian Church Willow Tree Road Altrincham WA14 2EG
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided118669/HHA/26
Erection of single storey side and two storey rear extension and front porch, conversion of existing garage to habitable accommodation, and associated external alterations
9 Winchester Road Hale Altrincham WA15 8NU
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided118670/CND/26
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions of grant of planning permission 116252/HHA/25. Condition number 3: (materials -heritage)
9 Bradgate Road Altrincham WA14 4QU
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided118671/NMA/26
Application for non-material amendment to planning permission (112534/VAR/23) for Condition 10 - Amendments to the Maximum Heights Parameter Plan and Condition 32 - Removal of the LEAP (Locally Equipped Area for Play) and NEAP (Neighbourhood Equipped Area for Play) in relation to Plot 2A
Land At Stretford Mall And Lacy Street Chester Road Stretford M32 9BD
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided118672/RES/26
Application for Reserved Matters consent (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for a residential-led development comprising 251no residential units with a private courtyard, flexible commercial uses, public realm including park, drainage and associated works. Pursuant to planning permission ref. 103844/HYB/21, as amended by 112534/VAR/23 (Full planning permission for the demolition of specified buildings; and outline planning permission with all matters reserved except for access for a mixed-use development comprising: up to 13,000 sqm of commercial, business and service floorspace (Use Class E); up to 2,800 sqm of public house or drinking establishment floorspace (Sui Generis); up to 720 sqm of learning and non-learning institutions (Use Class F1); up to 2,400 sqm for local community uses (Use Class F2); up to 800 residential units (Use Class C3); public realm and landscaping; highways improvement works; and other associated infrastructure).
Land At Stretford Mall Chester Road Stretford M32 9BD
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided118673/CND/26
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions of grant of planning permission 116605/VAR/25. Condition number: 7 (Noise Mitigation)
Sale Point 126 - 150 Washway Road Sale M33 6AG
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided118674/HHA/26
Erection of single storey side and rear extension
33 Arnesby Avenue Sale M33 2NJ
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided118675/HHA/26
Erection of single storey side and rear extension and associated external alterations including new roof to front porch and extension of existing rear first floor balcony
8 Gaddum Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3PB
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided118676/CND/26
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions of grant of planning permission 114786/FUL/24. Condition numbers: 3 (External Facing Materials) and 4 (External Materials Schedule).
Land Off Bold Street Old Trafford
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided118677/VAR/26
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for variation of condition 9 on planning permission 116380/FUL/25 (Part Retrospective application for the change of use from Class E (Cafe) to Sui Generis (Drinking Establishment), erection of front and side retractable folding arm awnings, alterations to the frontage to also include new bifold doors, timber fence to side and introduction of a cycle store to the rear.). To amend the wording of condition 9 as stated in the covering letter.
846 Chester Road Stretford Manchester M32 0QJ
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided118678/FUL/26
Demolition of existing garage and erection of two storey side extension to existing property, together with erection of new attached residential dwelling and associated access, car parking, landscaping, raising of ground level and boundary treatment works, and other external amendments.
1 Station Cottages Manchester Road Partington Manchester M31 4BW
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided118679/HHA/26
Erection of single storey side extension and part single/part two storey rear extension.
28 Tithebarn Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0HW
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided118680/FUL/26
Use of the application property as a 9 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis) including provision of cycle storage.
90 Moss Vale Road Stretford Manchester M41 0QH
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided118681/HHA/26
Erection of single storey side and rear extension and alterations to front boundary including dropped kerb.
419 Stockport Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 7XR
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided118682/PAH/26
Erection of a single storey rear extension with a maximum projection of 4.05 metres beyond the original rear wall, a maximum height of 3.30 metres and eaves height of 2.70 metres. Application for prior approval under part 1 of schedule 2 class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
4 Derwent Avenue Timperley Altrincham WA15 7JB
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided118684/CND/26
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions of grant of planning permission 100109/FUL/20. Condition number: 19 (Contamination Verification Report) (part discharge).
Land Off Hall Lane Partington
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided118685/FUL/26
External alterations for a new external door to be formed on the side elevation for emergency egress purposes.
161 Northenden Road Sale M33 2HS
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided118686/HHA/26
Erection of single storey side extension
14 Claremont Drive Timperley Altrincham WA14 5ND
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided118688/PAH/26
Erection of a single storey rear extension with a maximum projection of 5 metres beyond the original rear wall, a maximum height of 3 metres and eaves height of 2.5 metres. Application for prior approval under part 1 of schedule 2 class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
57 Southern Road Sale M33 6HP
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided118689/HHA/26
Conversion of existing garage into habitable room and alterations to elevations
22 Canterbury Road Davyhulme Manchester M41 7AX
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided118690/FUL/26
Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit
Footpath Outside Crossgate House Cross Street Sale M33 7FT
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided118691/ADV/26
Advertisement consent sought for 2no. internally illuminated digital LCD display screens
Footpath Outside Crossgate House Cross Street Sale M33 7FT
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided118692/FUL/26
Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit
Footpath Outside Trafford College Talbot Road Old Trafford Manchester M32 0XH
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided118693/ADV/26
Advertisement consent sought for 2no. internally illuminated digital LCD display screens
Footpath Outside Trafford College Talbot Road Old Trafford Manchester M32 0XH
Received 23 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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