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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Garden Avenue Stretford Manchester M32 0DB
Received 15 May 202613 Mossdale Road Sale M33 4ET
Received 15 May 2026Earlscliffe Lodge Groby Road Altrincham WA14 2AS
Received 15 May 202635 Oakfield Sale M33 6NB
Received 15 May 202662 The Downs Altrincham WA14 2QJ
Received 18 May 202662 The Downs Altrincham WA14 2QJ
Received 18 May 2026300 Northenden Road Sale M33 2PA
Received 18 May 202664 Stamford Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2JF
Received 18 May 2026Brackenhurst And Marmion House 17 And 19 Rappax Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0NT
Received 15 May 20261 Holly Grange Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2HU
Received 18 May 202649 St Martins Road Sale M33 5QA
Received 15 May 20269 Kensington Gardens Hale Altrincham WA15 9DP
Received 18 May 2026Car Park Oaklands Drive Sale
Received 19 May 2026190 Flixton Road Flixton Manchester M41 5DR
Received 19 May 20263 Buckingham Grove Timperley Altrincham WA14 5AH
Received 19 May 2026Filleigh 2 Barry Rise Bowdon
Received 19 May 2026Hale Country Club 47 Clay Lane Timperley Altrincham WA15 7AF
Received 19 May 20269 Abington Road Sale M33 3DL
Received 19 May 202665 Kirkstall Road Davyhulme Manchester M41 0QP
Received 19 May 202638 Arcadia Avenue Sale M33 3SA
Received 19 May 2026Land To The North Of Haworth Drive Stretford Manchester M32 9QG
Received 19 May 2026Barton Clough Primary School Audley Avenue Stretford Manchester M32 9TG
Received 19 May 202612 Hale Road Altrincham
Received 19 May 202610 Swan Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 6BX
Received 20 May 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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