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499 Chester Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9HF

115029/FUL/24Full ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and structures and the redevelopment of the site with a residential scheme comprising 286 dwellings (Class C3), closure of all existing vehicular accesses and formation of new vehicular access to Stretford Road with associated communal amenity space, car parking and landscaping, together with a new public route through the site.

Received
22 November 2024
Decision due
22 October 2025
Public comments
44
Ward
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
Agent
Paul Butler Associates
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target22 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 7 October.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (246)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 499 Chester Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9HF. Trafford has handled 2,373 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 November 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. 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.

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 9HF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
286

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2025
Consultation expiry
7 October 2025
Consultation start
16 September 2025
Consultation end
7 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
16 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
7 October 2025
Last date for comments
7 October 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 January 2025
Advertisement expiry
23 January 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13428959
Documents
246
Constraints
8

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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