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Land West Of Barton Road Circle Court Stretford Manchester M32 9QJ

118185/EIASCR/26EIA Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: Screening Opinion IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Request for a Screening Opinion in respect of Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for erection of a foodstore (Use Class E) with associated car parking and landscaping

Received
16 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Lostock & Barton
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land West Of Barton Road Circle Court Stretford Manchester M32 9QJ. Trafford has handled 494 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Trafford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Lostock & Barton. We hold 228 applications in total for the M32 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
M32 9QJ
Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Consultation start
23 January 2026
Consultation end
13 February 2026
Last date for comments
13 February 2026
Target decision date
6 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
16
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.

  • Brownfield land register: Circle Court, Stretford, M32 9QJRegister 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.

© 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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