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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Applemint Close Altrincham WA14 5UJ
Received 8 Jun 20268 Woodville Drive Sale M33 6NF
Received 8 Jun 20269 Lilac Road Hale Altrincham WA15 8BJ
Received 8 Jun 20261 Belgravia Gardens Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0JT
Received 8 Jun 202638 High Elm Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0HS
Received 8 Jun 202631 Green Courts Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2SR
Received 8 Jun 202622 Boundary Grove Sale M33 2RD
Received 8 Jun 202621 Estonfield Drive Urmston Manchester M41 9RR
Received 8 Jun 2026St Vincents Presbytery Bentinck Road Altrincham WA14 2BP
Received 8 Jun 2026Land Off Lake Road Lake Road Trafford Park
Received 8 Jun 202618B Durnford Avenue Urmston Manchester M41 9PQ
Received 8 Jun 2026Former Magistrates Court Ashton Lane Sale M33 7NR
Received 4 Jun 2026Westholme 2 The Springs Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3JH
Received 9 Jun 202626 Broadway Partington Manchester M31 4DH
Received 9 Jun 2026Well Pharmacy Unit 2 10 Woodsend Circle Flixton
Received 9 Jun 202617 Colebrook Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 6NW
Received 9 Jun 202684 Irlam Road Flixton Manchester M41 6JT
Received 9 Jun 2026Sunningdale House 11 George Street Altrincham WA14 1RJ
Received 9 Jun 2026Lancastrian Office Centre Talbot Road Old Trafford Manchester M32 0FP
Received 9 Jun 202649 Sunningdale Avenue Sale M33 2PJ
Received 9 Jun 202657 Cross Street Sale M33 7HF
Received 9 Jun 202615 Coniston Road Flixton Manchester M41 6PS
Received 9 Jun 202614 Barnfield Flixton Manchester M41 9EN
Received 9 Jun 2026Unit 5 The Square Hale Road Altrincham Hale Barns WA15 8ST
Received 9 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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