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Trafford General Hospital Building 7, 20, 25, 26, 30R, 74 Moorside Road Flixton Manchester M41 5SL

118145/PRJ/26Prior Approval Class JAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for installation of 163 No. roof mounted solar panel array to provide 87.2KW power generation (Building 7), Application for installation of 170 No. roof mounted solar panel array to provide 90.95KW power generation (Building 25), Application for installation of 57 No. roof mounted solar panel array to provide 30.49KW power generation (Building 20), Application for installation of 133 No. roof mounted solar panel array to provide 71.15KW power generation (Building 26), Application for installation of 91 No. roof mounted solar panel array to provide 48.68KW power generation (Building 74), Application for installation of 56 No. roof mounted solar panel array to provide 37.98KW power generation (Building 30) for determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2 Part 14 Class J of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015

Received
15 January 2026
Decision due
30 March 2026
Public comments
3
Ward
Davyhulme
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 2 May.

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Trafford General Hospital Building 7, 20, 25, 26, 30R, 74 Moorside Road Flixton Manchester M41 5SL. Trafford has handled 494 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Davyhulme. We hold 1,025 applications in total for the M41 postcode area.

81% of outline 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
M41 5SL
Application type
Prior Approval Class J
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 May 2026
Consultation start
22 April 2026
Consultation end
2 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 March 2026
Last date for comments
2 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lynx Sustainable Solutions
Agent address
Pure Offices, Suite 45 Lakeview 600 Lakeside Drive Centre Park Square Warrington WA1 1RW

Planning decision

Statutory period
32 days

Additional information

Documents
20
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.

  • 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.

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