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Barton Aqueduct Swing Bridge Trafford Park Manchester M41 7LE

120089/CLPWLB/26Cert Lawfulness Proposed wrks Listed BlgApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 26 October 2026

Council decision: Approve

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

Proposal

Application for Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for Works to a Listed Building for proposed maintenance repairs/replacement of 2no. rubber U-seals and repairs to associated frames and fixings to prevent loss of water when the aqueduct is open.

Received
29 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 26 October 2026
Ward
Lostock & Barton
Agent
Donald Insall Associates Ltd
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Barton Aqueduct Swing Bridge Trafford Park Manchester M41 7LE. Trafford has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Trafford's typical decision time. The site is in the Barton-upon-Irwell conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Lostock & Barton. We hold 1,025 applications in total for the M41 postcode area.

86% of all 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
M41 7LE
Application type
Cert Lawfulness Proposed wrks Listed Blg
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2026
Consultation start
7 October 2026
Consultation end
28 October 2026
Last date for comments
28 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Donald Insall Associates Ltd
Agent address
Bridgegate House 5 Bridge Place Chester CH1 1SA

Additional information

Documents
6
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.

  • Conservation area: Barton Upon Irwell
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Barton-upon-Irwell
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    6 Oct

    Application for Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for proposed maintenance repairs/replacement of…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside120089/CPL/26
  2. 2026
    29 Sep

    Application for Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for Works to a Listed Building for proposed…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage120089/CLPWLB/26

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