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499 Chester Road Old Trafford M16 9HF

110188/DEM/23Demolition NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 March 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of disused multi-storey car park and petrol station. (Consultation under Schedule 2, Part 11 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) (England) Order 2015.

Received
3 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Clifford
Agent
Paul Butler Associates
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.8 Mar
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided7 Mar

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 499 Chester Road Old Trafford M16 9HF. Trafford has handled 16 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Trafford's typical decision time. The site is in the Empress conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,319 applications in total for the M16 postcode area.

86% of all 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
M16 9HF
Application type
Demolition Notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2023
Consultation expiry
8 March 2023
Consultation start
15 February 2023
Consultation end
8 March 2023
Last date for comments
8 March 2023
Target decision date
3 March 2023
Permission expires
7 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Butler Associates
Agent address
31 Blackfriars Road Salford M3 7AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Empress
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Empress, Old 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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