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Greater Manchester Police (Former HQ) 1 White City Way Stretford Manchester M16 0SW

119003/EIASCO/26EIA Scoping OpinionAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Request for a Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, in respect of the proposed Mixed-Use Development and Associated Energy Centre.

Received
27 April 2026
Ward
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Greater Manchester Police (Former HQ) 1 White City Way Stretford Manchester M16 0SW. Trafford has handled 494 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Gorse Hill & Cornbrook. We hold 1,317 applications in total for the M16 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
M16 0SW
Application type
EIA Scoping Opinion
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
12

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: Chester House, 1 Boyer Street, Stretford, M16 0RERegister 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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