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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15, 15A & 15B Barkers Lane Sale M33 6RP
Received 18 Jun 2026Station House Station Road Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 5SH
Received 18 Jun 20262 Delahays Drive Hale Altrincham WA15 8DP
Received 19 Jun 2026Forest Edge Charcoal Road Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 4RZ
Received 19 Jun 2026Forest Edge Charcoal Road Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 4RZ
Received 19 Jun 20269 Merton Road Sale M33 6HA
Received 19 Jun 202611 Beaconsfield Road Altrincham WA14 5LQ
Received 19 Jun 20268 Palm Close Sale M33 5LU
Received 19 Jun 20261 St Margarets Close Altrincham WA14 4BA
Received 19 Jun 202641 Broadoaks Road Flixton Manchester M41 9DR
Received 19 Jun 2026Trinity House 148 Shrewsbury Street Old Trafford Manchester M16 7NY
Received 19 Jun 2026World Of Pets Thorley Lane Timperley Altrincham WA15 7PJ
Received 19 Jun 20262 Waterways Avenue Old Trafford Trafford
Received 22 Jun 202690 Davyhulme Road East Stretford Manchester M32 0DJ
Received 22 Jun 2026475 Barton Road Stretford Manchester M32 9TA
Received 22 Jun 2026Altrincham Boys Preparatory School Marlborough Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2RR
Received 22 Jun 202618 Whalley Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9DF
Received 22 Jun 202618 Ruskin Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9GS
Received 22 Jun 202647 Briony Avenue Hale Altrincham WA15 8PZ
Received 22 Jun 2026Altrincham Crematorium Whitehouse Lane Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 5RH
Received 19 Jun 2026660 Chester Road Stretford Manchester M16 0GU
Received 22 Jun 202611 Hayeswater Circle Davyhulme Manchester M41 7BN
Received 22 Jun 202661 Park Road Stretford Manchester M32 8FE
Received 22 Jun 202663 Kingston Drive Flixton Manchester M41 9FQ
Received 22 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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