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520 Stretford Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9AF

112462/CPE/23Certificate Existing Lawful UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 21 May 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for Certificate of Existing Lawful use for HMO (sui generis) for occupation for up to 12 people.

Received
4 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
Agent
Paul Butler Associates
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Jan
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 169 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 520 Stretford Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9AF. Trafford has handled 208 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 16 weeks longer than Trafford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Gorse Hill & Cornbrook. We hold 1,318 applications in total for the M16 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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 9AF
Application type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2023
Consultation expiry
7 January 2024
Consultation start
14 December 2023
Consultation end
4 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
14 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 January 2024
Last date for comments
7 January 2024
Target decision date
29 January 2024
Permission expires
21 May 2027

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12406523
Documents
14
Constraints
7

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.

Source: Trafford

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