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965 approved · 198 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
38 Craddock Road Sale M33 3GG
Received 7 Sept 2026Lancastrian Office Centre Talbot Road Old Trafford Manchester M32 0FP
Received 7 Sept 202613 Westgate Sale M33 6RQ
Received 8 Sept 202645 Dunham Road Altrincham WA14 4QG
Received 8 Sept 202654 Western Road Flixton Manchester M41 6LA
Received 8 Sept 202648 Clover Road Timperley Altrincham WA15 7NG
Received 9 Sept 2026Rookwood 20 Bentinck Road Altrincham WA14 2BP
Received 9 Sept 202624 South Grove Sale M33 3AU
Received 9 Sept 202614A Bower Road Hale Altrincham WA15 9DT
Received 10 Sept 2026105 Lostock Road Davyhulme Manchester M41 0TH
Received 10 Sept 2026The White House 159 Framingham Road Sale M33 3RQ
Received 10 Sept 202668B Ellesmere Road Altrincham WA14 1JD
Received 10 Sept 20261 Mallory Court Belgrave Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2NP
Received 4 Sept 2026Land Off Manchester Road Carrington
Received 11 Sept 202633 Torbay Road Urmston Manchester M41 9LH
Received 9 Sept 2026The Poplars Normans Place Altrincham
Received 11 Sept 202687 Moss Lane Sale M33 5AX
Received 11 Sept 202626 Kirkstall Road Davyhulme Manchester M41 0GP
Received 11 Sept 202620 Enville Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2PQ
Received 14 Sept 2026Bowdon Bowling And Lawn Tennis Club Ltd Winton Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2PG
Received 14 Sept 20264 Park Lane Hale Altrincham WA15 9JS
Received 14 Sept 2026112 Bent Lanes Davyhulme Manchester M41 8NY
Received 14 Sept 202640 Redesmere Park Flixton Manchester M41 9EP
Received 14 Sept 20261 Bridge Grove Timperley Altrincham WA15 6LD
Received 15 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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