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499 Chester Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9HF

111881/EIASCR/23EIA Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 December 2023

Council decision: Screening Opinion IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Request for a screening opinion in respect of demolition of the existing buildings and structures on site and the creation of a new residential led development, comprising of up to a maximum of 360 dwellings, together with high quality amenities for future residents of the scheme, including a gym and reception / lounge

Received
18 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 499 Chester Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9HF. Trafford has handled 494 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Trafford's typical decision time. The site is in the Empress conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Gorse Hill & Cornbrook. We hold 1,319 applications in total for the M16 postcode area.

81% of outline 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
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
360

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2023
Consultation expiry
20 October 2023
Consultation start
29 September 2023
Consultation end
20 October 2023
Last date for comments
20 October 2023
Target decision date
9 October 2023
Permission expires
19 December 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
1
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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