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138 Ashley Road Hale Altrincham WA14 2UN

114914/FUL/24Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 17 January 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retrospective application for the change of use from takeaway (Sui Generis)/dwelling (use class C3) to ground floor takeaway (Sui Generis) and 2no apartments (Use Class C3) on the first, second and loft floors together with formation of loft conversion, creation of rear external access staircase and alterations to elevations including front and rear dormer windows and extraction flue.

Received
8 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hale
Agent
Links Architecture Ltd
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided17 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 138 Ashley Road Hale Altrincham WA14 2UN. Trafford has handled 2,373 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Trafford's typical decision time. The site is in the Hale Station conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Hale. We hold 816 applications in total for the WA14 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
WA14 2UN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2024
Consultation expiry
26 December 2024
Consultation start
25 November 2024
Consultation end
16 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
25 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
16 December 2024
Last date for comments
26 December 2024
Target decision date
17 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Links Architecture Ltd
Agent address
35 Collinfield Kendal LA9 5JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 December 2024
Advertisement expiry
26 December 2024

Appeal history

3364835
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 August 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13539094
Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
10

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: Hale Station
  • 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, 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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