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48 Alphonsus Street Old Trafford Manchester M16 7QS

117619/FUL/25Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 19 December 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use from Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to Sui Generis (serviced accommodation) to allow short-term lets for up to 7 guests.

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Old Trafford
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 48 Alphonsus Street Old Trafford Manchester M16 7QS. Trafford has handled 2,373 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Trafford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Old Trafford. 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 7QS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Consultation expiry
24 November 2025
Consultation start
3 November 2025
Consultation end
24 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
24 November 2025
Last date for comments
24 November 2025
Target decision date
22 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6003157
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 April 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14440644
Documents
11
Constraints
6

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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