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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Thorley Drive Timperley Altrincham WA15 7AP
Received 26 Mar 2026223 Derbyshire Lane West Stretford Manchester M32 9LJ
Received 26 Mar 20266 Melton Avenue Flixton Manchester M41 6WP
Received 26 Mar 2026Former British Gas Plc Heath Farm Lane Partington Manchester M31 4EH
Received 26 Mar 202671 The Mount Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 8SZ
Received 27 Mar 202633 Torbay Road Urmston Manchester M41 9LH
Received 26 Mar 2026Stretford Family Hub Poplar Road Stretford Manchester M32 9AN
Received 26 Mar 2026Bowdon Croft Green Walk Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2SN
Received 27 Mar 20264 Praed Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1PQ
Received 27 Mar 202662 - 64 Woodsend Road Flixton Manchester M41 8GX
Received 27 Mar 2026148 Shrewsbury Street Old Trafford Manchester M16 7NY
Received 27 Mar 2026126 Rye Bank Road Stretford Manchester M16 0HB
Received 27 Mar 2026Land Adjacent 1 Hasty Lane Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 8UU
Received 27 Mar 2026Freshfield Stables Fairy Lane Sale M33 2JU
Received 27 Mar 2026Plot 3 Land Between 17 And 23 Brooks Drive Hale Barns WA15 8TL
Received 27 Mar 2026410 Northenden Road Sale M33 2PT
Received 30 Mar 20261 Dean Close Partington Manchester M31 4BQ
Received 30 Mar 20262A Avondale Road Stretford Manchester M32 0GB
Received 30 Mar 2026Mayfield 27A Park Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9NW
Received 30 Mar 202631 Raglan Road Sale M33 4AW
Received 30 Mar 202635 Mossdale Road Sale M33 4ET
Received 30 Mar 2026Corner Croft Paddock Lane Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 5RP
Received 30 Mar 2026Hazelmere 6 The Springs Bowdon
Received 30 Mar 20269 Debenham Road Stretford Manchester M32 9DQ
Received 30 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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