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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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Bonville Chase Altrincham WA14 4QA
Received 20 Jul 202651 Henrietta Street Old Trafford Manchester M16 9PN
Received 20 Jul 202640 Ayres Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9WH
Received 20 Jul 202620 Moorlands Avenue Davyhulme Manchester M41 5TB
Received 21 Jul 202689 Norwood Road Stretford Manchester M32 8PN
Received 21 Jul 202642 The Downs Altrincham WA14 2QQ
Received 21 Jul 202654 Stanhope Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3JL
Received 21 Jul 2026Hutchison M0036 Urmston Telephone Exchange 38 Hampton Road Urmston Manchester M41 9AL
Received 21 Jul 202642 The Downs Altrincham WA14 2QQ
Received 21 Jul 202678 Riddings Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 6BU
Received 21 Jul 20261 David Phillips Furniture Longwood Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1PZ
Received 21 Jul 202622 Ashfield Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9QJ
Received 21 Jul 202630 Calderbank Avenue Flixton Manchester M41 8SF
Received 22 Jul 202692 Moss Lane Sale M33 5BT
Received 21 Jul 202628 Mornington Road Sale M33 2DA
Received 22 Jul 202622 Fletcher Drive Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3FZ
Received 22 Jul 202615 Marlborough Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2RR
Received 22 Jul 2026Land At Corner Of Northumberland Road And Blackley Street And Northumberland Road And East Union Street Old Trafford
Received 22 Jul 202645 Gaddum Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3PH
Received 22 Jul 2026High Sierra 1 Hasty Lane Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 8UU
Received 22 Jul 2026108 Skerton Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0NQ
Received 23 Jul 20262 Cornhill Road Davyhulme Manchester M41 5TJ
Received 23 Jul 202652 Auburn Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9NT
Received 23 Jul 2026Flat 2 Lostock Court Barton Road Stretford Manchester M32 9TB
Received 23 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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