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623 Stretford Road Old Trafford M16 0QA

111774/FUL/23Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 5 February 2024

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of office building (B1) to 4 no. residential apartments (C3) with store room in the basement and alterations to elevations

Received
1 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Old Trafford
Agent
AFR STUDIO LTD
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 132 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 623 Stretford Road Old Trafford M16 0QA. Trafford has handled 2,373 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 14 weeks longer than Trafford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Old Trafford. We hold 1,318 applications in total for the M16 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
M16 0QA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2023
Consultation expiry
17 October 2023
Consultation start
26 September 2023
Consultation end
17 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
26 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 October 2023
Last date for comments
17 October 2023
Target decision date
21 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
AFR STUDIO LTD
Architect profile
AFR STUDIO LIMITED
Agent address
173 Dickenson Road Longsight Manchester M13 0YN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/00022/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3341160
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 August 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12418017
Documents
23
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

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