Elm House 3 West Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2JS
Approved on 23 March 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application for Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for the installation of roof mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panel system
- Received
- 20 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bowdon
- Agent
- Finlason Partnership
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation18 Feb
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided23 Mar
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Elm House 3 West Road Bowdon Altrincham WA14 2JS. Trafford has handled 494 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Trafford's typical decision time. The site is in the Bowdon conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Bowdon. We hold 816 applications in total for the WA14 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
- WA14 2JS
- Application type
- Certificate Proposed Lawful Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Finlason Partnership
- Architect profile
- FINLASON PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- Agent address
- Suite 4, Beech House 1 Cambridge Road Hale Altrincham Cheshire WA15 9SY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bowdon
- 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.
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© 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.
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Source: Trafford
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