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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Schenley 1 Bentinck Road Altrincham WA14 2BW
Received 20 Aug 20264 Warwick Drive Sale M33 2DR
Received 20 Aug 2026Halliwell House 2 Rappax Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0EF
Received 20 Aug 202616 Thorndale Grove Timperley Altrincham WA15 6SY
Received 20 Aug 20262 Glen Rise Timperley Altrincham WA15 7SH
Received 20 Aug 202667 Chapel Lane Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 0BN
Received 20 Aug 20266 Dunchurch Road Sale M33 5FD
Received 20 Aug 20268 Melrose Crescent Hale Altrincham WA15 8NN
Received 20 Aug 20264 George Street Altrincham WA14 1SF
Received 20 Aug 20265 Westwood Drive Sale M33 3QZ
Received 20 Aug 2026Land At Christie Road Stretford M32 0EW
Received 20 Aug 202615 Crossfield Road Hale Altrincham WA15 8DU
Received 20 Aug 202623 Ennerdale Drive Sale M33 5NF
Received 20 Aug 202612 Warwick Drive Sale M33 2DR
Received 21 Aug 202629 Bramley Avenue Stretford Manchester M32 9HE
Received 21 Aug 2026140 Moss Lane Hale Altrincham WA15 8AN
Received 20 Aug 2026194 Woodsend Road Flixton Manchester M41 8PX
Received 20 Aug 2026Unit 1 The Square Hale Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 8ZN
Received 21 Aug 2026Unit 1 The Square Hale Road Hale Barns Altrincham WA15 8ZN
Received 21 Aug 2026Car Park Manor Avenue Urmston
Received 21 Aug 2026Land At Lock Lane Partington
Received 21 Aug 2026113 Church Lane Sale M33 5GH
Received 21 Aug 2026Rostherne View 34 Langham Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3NZ
Received 21 Aug 2026Office Building Associated With Unit 3 Ashbridge Estate Tenax Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1JT
Received 21 Aug 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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