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Land At Freshfields Fairy Lane Sale M33 2JU

109463/FUL/22Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 March 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed energy reserve facility comprising a battery energy storage system (BESS) and ancillary infrastructure.

Received
25 October 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
21
Ward
Sale Moor
Agent
STOR Power Ltd
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target24 Jan
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 146 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Freshfields Fairy Lane Sale M33 2JU. Trafford has handled 2,373 applications of this type. This one was decided in 146 days, 13 weeks longer than Trafford's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Sale Moor. We hold 682 applications in total for the M33 postcode area.

84% of full applications at Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
M33 2JU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2022
Consultation expiry
27 February 2023
Consultation start
6 February 2023
Consultation end
27 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
20 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 February 2023
Last date for comments
27 February 2023
Target decision date
24 January 2023
Permission expires
20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
STOR Power Ltd
Agent address
Ground Floor Blackbrook Gate 1 Blackbrook Business Pk Taunton Somerset TA1 2PX

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 January 2023
Advertisement expiry
9 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11627219
Documents
34
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Trafford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Trafford

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