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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Murieston 15 Murieston Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9SU
Received 1 Apr 2026Eversley Dunham Road Altrincham
Received 1 Apr 2026Filleigh 2 Barry Rise Bowdon
Received 4 Feb 202619 Cloverley Drive Timperley Altrincham WA15 7PY
Received 1 Apr 202633 Clover Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 7NG
Received 1 Apr 202628 Briarfield Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 7DB
Received 2 Apr 2026Trafford Bank House 32 Brindley Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9SD
Received 2 Apr 202632 Avonlea Road Sale M33 4HZ
Received 2 Apr 2026Schenley 1 Bentinck Road Altrincham WA14 2BW
Received 2 Apr 202670 George Street Altrincham WA14 1RF
Received 2 Apr 202620 Moorlands Avenue Davyhulme Manchester M41 5TB
Received 2 Apr 202611 Fairfax Avenue Timperley Altrincham WA15 6NU
Received 3 Apr 202650 Walton Road Sale M33 4AR
Received 6 Apr 202611 Spring Road Hale Altrincham WA14 2UQ
Received 6 Apr 202618 Whalley Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9DF
Received 6 Apr 20265 Hazelwell Sale M33 3QH
Received 6 Apr 2026Units 2 And 3, Trafford Retail Park Neary Way Davyhulme M41 7FN
Received 7 Apr 202618 Abington Road Sale M33 3DL
Received 7 Apr 202617 Stanhope Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3LA
Received 7 Apr 202654-56 Sidmouth Road Sale
Received 7 Apr 202639 Redesmere Park Flixton Manchester M41 9ER
Received 7 Apr 2026Wilton House Groby Road Altrincham
Received 7 Apr 2026Church Inn The Village Flixton Manchester M41 6HS
Received 7 Apr 202620 Friars Road Sale M33 7UU
Received 7 Apr 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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