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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Barns Place Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0HP
Received 22 May 202618 Faulkner Drive Timperley Altrincham WA15 7PT
Received 22 May 20263 Balmoral Avenue Flixton Manchester M41 9DU
Received 22 May 2026Land At Firs Way Sale
Received 22 May 20264 Fairywell Drive Sale M33 3RX
Received 22 May 2026304 Brooklands Road Sale Manchester M23 9HB
Received 22 May 2026Unit 1 Logicor Park 76 Atlantic Street Altrincham WA14 5DH
Received 22 May 202619 Brookside Road Sale M33 3TD
Received 26 May 2026Old Trafford Essence Distillery Chester Road Stretford
Received 25 May 2026White House 9 Hart Avenue Sale M33 2JY
Received 25 May 2026Old Trafford Essence Distillery Chester Road Stretford
Received 25 May 202627 Roebuck Lane Sale M33 7SZ
Received 25 May 202629 Cloverley Drive Timperley Altrincham WA15 7PY
Received 25 May 202621 Mayfield Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 7TB
Received 25 May 202621 Spring Road Hale Altrincham WA14 2UQ
Received 26 May 202615 Rokeby Avenue Stretford Manchester M32 8HU
Received 26 May 202666 High Elm Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0HU
Received 26 May 202646C Riddings Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 6BP
Received 26 May 2026Moss Hall Farm Gorsey Lane Warburton Lymm WA13 9UB
Received 26 May 2026107 Park Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9JU
Received 27 May 2026Stamford Park Infant School Cedar Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9JB
Received 27 May 2026Partington Social Club Warburton Lane Partington Manchester M31 4NR
Received 27 May 202619 Southern Road Sale M33 6HP
Received 28 May 202623 Elton Street Stretford Manchester M32 0SD
Received 28 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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