Understanding planning · 13 min read
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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Woodheys Drive Sale M33 4JB
Received 3 Jul 20265 Egerton Drive Hale Altrincham WA15 8EF
Received 6 Jul 2026Weathercote Whitehall Road Sale M33 3NL
Received 6 Jul 2026119 Kingsway Park Davyhulme Manchester M41 7ED
Received 6 Jul 2026Dragonera 10 Hargate Drive Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0NL
Received 6 Jul 2026Unit 2 Tabley Court Victoria Street Altrincham WA14 1EZ
Received 6 Jul 2026Threeways 2 Templeton Drive Altrincham WA14 4UU
Received 6 Jul 202642 Balsam Road Altrincham WA14 5DR
Received 6 Jul 202664 Firtree Avenue Sale M33 5RU
Received 6 Jul 202664 Firtree Avenue Sale M33 5RU
Received 6 Jul 202615 Harrow Road Sale M33 3TJ
Received 1 Jul 2026269 Talbot Road Old Trafford Manchester M32 0YW
Received 7 Jul 202624 Stanley Drive Timperley Altrincham WA15 7NN
Received 7 Jul 202695 Manchester Road Altrincham WA14 4RJ
Received 7 Jul 20266 Cumberland Road Urmston Manchester M41 9HS
Received 7 Jul 2026Library 34 Golden Way Urmston Manchester M41 0NA
Received 7 Jul 2026Barn Adjacent To 27 Green Lane Timperley
Received 7 Jul 2026Parklands Charcoal Road Dunham Massey Altrincham WA14 4RT
Received 7 Jul 2026Power Station 132 Manchester Road Carrington Manchester M31 4AY
Received 8 Jul 2026112 - 114 Ashley Road Hale Altrincham WA14 2UN
Received 8 Jul 2026112 - 114 Ashley Road Hale Altrincham WA14 2UN
Received 8 Jul 202670 Stamford Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2JF
Received 8 Jul 202638 Newgate Road Sale M33 4NG
Received 8 Jul 202611 Chestnut Drive Sale M33 4HJ
Received 8 Jul 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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