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Unit 2 Mellors Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1PB

120231/PRJ/26Prior Approval Class JAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for installation of 280 No. roof mounted solar panel array to provide 141 Kwp power generation (determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2 Part 14 Class J of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015).

Received
16 October 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 6 November 2026
Ward
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 13 November.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (4)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Unit 2 Mellors Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1PB. Trafford has handled 494 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Gorse Hill & Cornbrook. We hold 95 applications in total for the M17 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
M17 1PB
Application type
Prior Approval Class J
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2026
Consultation expiry
13 November 2026
Consultation start
23 October 2026
Consultation end
13 November 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 October 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 November 2026
Last date for comments
13 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Electron Green
Agent address
54 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NS

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15280382
Documents
4
Constraints
15

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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