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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hillcrest Woodville Road Altrincham
Received 1 Jun 202615 Wood Lane Timperley Altrincham WA15 7QG
Received 1 Jun 202613 Townfield Road Altrincham WA14 4DS
Received 1 Jun 20261299 Chester Road Stretford Manchester M32 8NG
Received 1 Jun 20262 York Street Altrincham WA15 9QH
Received 1 Jun 202620 Harrop Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9BZ
Received 1 Jun 202616 Lambourn Road Flixton Manchester M41 8RR
Received 1 Jun 2026Apartment 2 12 The Mount Altrincham WA14 4TU
Received 1 Jun 202652 Woodhouse Road Davyhulme Manchester M41 7WT
Received 1 Jun 202652 Woodhouse Road Davyhulme Manchester M41 7WT
Received 1 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To 103 Shetland Way Davyhulme Manchester M41 7FU
Received 2 Jun 202619 Warwick Drive Hale Altrincham WA15 9EA
Received 2 Jun 2026Garth Bollinway Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0NY
Received 2 Jun 2026Car Park Manor Avenue Urmston
Received 2 Jun 2026Dobbies Garden Centre Green Lane Timperley Altrincham WA15 8QP
Received 2 Jun 2026Holmeside Cottage 50 Woodville Road Altrincham WA14 2HD
Received 3 Jun 20265 Churchfields Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3PL
Received 3 Jun 202611 Penrith Avenue Sale M33 3FN
Received 3 Jun 202614 Homelands Road Sale M33 4BE
Received 3 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To Carrington Training Centre Carrington Manchester M31 4BH
Received 3 Jun 2026Holmbury 19 Winton Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2PE
Received 3 Jun 2026Land Off Barton Road Davyhulme M41 7NL
Received 3 Jun 2026The Willows 125 Ashley Road Hale
Received 3 Jun 202615 Lindale Avenue Flixton Manchester M41 5SB
Received 3 Jun 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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