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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
212 Church Road Flixton Manchester M41 9DX
Received 16 Apr 2026Home Farm Farm Walk Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 4SP
Received 16 Apr 2026Home Farm Farm Walk Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 4SP
Received 16 Apr 202655 Harcourt Road Altrincham WA14 1NR
Received 16 Apr 20264 Norwood Road Stretford
Received 16 Apr 202619 Malvern Drive Altrincham WA14 4NQ
Received 16 Apr 2026133 Arundel Avenue Flixton Manchester M41 6WQ
Received 16 Apr 20268 Palm Close Sale M33 5LU
Received 17 Apr 202630 Beech Road Sale M33 2FB
Received 17 Apr 2026Elmhurst 24 South Downs Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3HW
Received 17 Apr 2026Land Off Bold Street Old Trafford
Received 17 Apr 2026Land Off Bold Street Old Trafford Manchester
Received 17 Apr 2026Land Off Bold Street Old Trafford Manchester
Received 17 Apr 2026Land Off Bold Street Old Trafford
Received 17 Apr 2026The Carriages Altrincham WA14 4AF
Received 17 Apr 202618 Meadway Sale M33 4PP
Received 16 Apr 202616 Green Courts Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2SR
Received 17 Apr 202612 The Triangle Timperley Altrincham WA15 6DP
Received 17 Apr 202626 Waverley Road Sale M33 7AX
Received 20 Apr 202656 Stamford Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2JW
Received 20 Apr 2026Former Royal Bank Of Scotland Central Road Partington Manchester M31 4FL
Received 20 Apr 2026403 And 403A Hale Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 8XX
Received 20 Apr 202610 Cambridge Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9SY
Received 20 Apr 20261 Amersham Close Davyhulme Manchester M41 7NJ
Received 20 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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