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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
95 Park Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9LE
Received 26 Aug 2026Units 5 And 6 Mosley Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1NB
Received 26 Aug 2026T G I Fridays Cross Street Sale M33 7JR
Received 26 Aug 202674 Manor Road Stretford Manchester M32 9JB
Received 27 Aug 20262 Auburn Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9NT
Received 28 Aug 2026Kas 145 Manchester Road Altrincham WA14 5NS
Received 28 Aug 2026Oakleigh 21 Portland Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2PA
Received 28 Aug 202616 Marford Crescent Sale M33 4DY
Received 28 Aug 202640 Elm Road Altrincham WA15 9QP
Received 28 Aug 202657 Whitegate Park Flixton Manchester M41 6LN
Received 1 Sept 2026Bow Green Farm Bow Lane Bowdon Altrincham WA14 3BX
Received 1 Sept 20269 Salcombe Close Sale M33 5HL
Received 1 Sept 202676 Sandileigh Avenue Hale Altrincham WA15 8AT
Received 1 Sept 202633 Pennymoor Drive Altrincham WA14 4UT
Received 1 Sept 202627 Addison Crescent Old Trafford Manchester M16 0WN
Received 1 Sept 202629 Bloomsbury Lane Timperley Altrincham WA15 6LU
Received 1 Sept 20269 Chiltern Drive Hale Altrincham WA15 9PL
Received 1 Sept 202611 Chislehurst Avenue Davyhulme Manchester M41 0SG
Received 1 Sept 2026129 Northumberland Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9GD
Received 2 Sept 2026Stables Fairy Lane Sale M33 2JT
Received 2 Sept 202611 Clarence Road Hale Altrincham WA15 8SG
Received 2 Sept 20269 Welldale Mews Sale M33 2NS
Received 2 Sept 202696 Woodhouse Lane Sale M33 4LH
Received 2 Sept 202645 Thirlmere Road Partington Manchester M31 4PR
Received 2 Sept 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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