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33 Northumberland Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9DA

118395/HHA/26Householder applicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 21 April 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Part retrospective application for erection of detached outbuilding to rear and alterations to boundary including new fence.

Received
16 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 33 Northumberland Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 9DA. Trafford has handled 2,373 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Trafford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Gorse Hill & Cornbrook. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, as a result of its scale, massing and design, results in a significant loss of private garden space and cramped rear amenity area with the outbuilding appearing overly dominant and disproportionate within the rear garden setting, and would not reflect the open nature of the rear gardens of the row of terrace houses with the rear fence being excessively high and overly prominent. The proposed development would therefore be contrary to Policy JP- P1 of the Places for Everyone Plan, the Council's adopted Supplementary Planning Document, SPD4: A Guide for Designing House Extensions and APPLICATION NUMBER – 118395/HHA/26 REHHAZ Alterations, and the National Planning Policy Framework in the terms of design and appearance.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
M16 9DA
Application type
Householder application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Consultation expiry
17 March 2026
Consultation start
24 February 2026
Consultation end
17 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 March 2026
Last date for comments
3 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
159 Great Norbury Street Cheshire Cheshire SK14 1HU

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14703887
Comments
0
Documents
19
Constraints
9

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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