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Democracy House 609 Stretford Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0QA

118429/ADV/26Advertisement ConsentRefused

Refused on 28 May 2026

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

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

Proposal

Advertisement consent sought for the installation of 2no non illuminated banner signs.

Received
20 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Old Trafford
Agent
FRJ Properties Ltd
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Democracy House 609 Stretford Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0QA. Trafford has handled 85 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Trafford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Old Trafford. We hold 1,318 applications in total for the M16 postcode area.

59% of advertising 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 signs, by reason of their siting, scale and materiality would be incongruous, unsympathetic and visually intrusive additions to the site and streetscene and would result in minor harm to the setting of Democracy House (NDHA), and would not reflect the character of the NDHA and the immediate street scene, to the detriment of the visual amenity of the area. The proposed signs are contrary to Policies JP-P1 and JP-P2 of Places for Everyone, R1 of the Trafford Core Strategy, the Council's adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance 14 'Advertisement' and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
M16 0QA
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Consultation expiry
28 April 2026
Consultation start
7 April 2026
Consultation end
28 April 2026
Last date for comments
28 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
FRJ Properties Ltd
Agent address
609 Stretford Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0QA

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14504949
Documents
10
Constraints
11

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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