5 Barrington Close Altrincham WA14 1JA

117947/TPO/25Works to a protected treeApproved

Approved on 21 January 2026

Council decision: Tree App Consent to Cut Down etc

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

Proposal

Works to trees within TPO252 specifically the crown reduction of 1 no. beech tree,

Received: 9 December 2025
Council: Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Altrincham

ReceivedReceived9 Dec
ValidatedValidated9 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date3 Feb
DecidedDecided21 Jan

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Barrington Close Altrincham WA14 1JA. Trafford has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Trafford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Altrincham. We hold 816 applications in total for the WA14 postcode area.

98% of trees 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 1JA
Application type: Works to a protected tree
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 December 2025
Target decision date: 3 February 2026
Permission expires: 21 January 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14553028
Comments: 0
Documents: 4
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.

Brownfield land register: Bollin Private Hotel, 58 Manchester Road, Altrincham, WA14 4PJRegister site at or near this address
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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Trafford

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