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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14A Regent Road Altrincham WA14 1RP
Received 9 Jun 202692 Kings Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9NG
Received 9 Jun 2026Essity UK Ltd Trafford Park Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1EQ
Received 9 Jun 202683 New Street Altrincham WA14 2QP
Received 9 Jun 202675 Trafford Wharf Road And Ancillary Building At Unit 9 Waterside Trafford Park Manchester M17 1ES
Received 10 Jun 20262 Moorfield Grove Sale M33 3GF
Received 10 Jun 202676 Vale Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 7TG
Received 10 Jun 2026Partington Social Club Warburton Lane Partington Manchester M31 4NR
Received 10 Jun 202639 Wardle Road Sale M33 3DJ
Received 10 Jun 2026Development House 30 Crofts Bank Road Urmston Manchester M41 0UH
Received 10 Jun 2026Greycot 9 Wey Gates Drive Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0BW
Received 10 Jun 202628 Buckingham Grove Timperley Altrincham WA14 5AH
Received 10 Jun 2026273 Church Road Flixton Manchester M41 6EP
Received 10 Jun 2026Stonecroft 40 Broad Lane Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0DH
Received 10 Jun 2026Urmston Saw Mills Higher Road Urmston Manchester M41 9AA
Received 11 Jun 2026271 Church Road Flixton Manchester M41 6EP
Received 11 Jun 2026Beechthorpe Bowdon Road Altrincham WA14 2AJ
Received 11 Jun 20262 Canterbury Road Hale Altrincham WA15 8PL
Received 11 Jun 2026St Anthonys Catholic College Bradfield Road Urmston Manchester M41 9PD
Received 11 Jun 2026Units 38 - 40 Stretford Mall Stretford Manchester M32 9BN
Received 11 Jun 2026Grove House Woodville Road Altrincham WA14 2AN
Received 11 Jun 2026Unit 1 Golden Way Urmston Manchester M41 0NA
Received 11 Jun 202613 George Street Altrincham WA14 1RJ
Received 12 Jun 202637 Borough Road Altrincham WA15 9RA
Received 12 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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