Skip to content

Land At Fairy Lane Sale M33 2JU

92358/EIASCR/17EIA Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 October 2017

Council decision: Screening Opinion IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Request for a Screening Opinion under Regulation 5 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for a 49.99 MW Battery Storage Facility (BSF)

Received
23 August 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sale Moor
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated23 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Sep
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Fairy Lane Sale M33 2JU. Trafford has handled 494 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Trafford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Sale Moor. We hold 682 applications in total for the M33 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
M33 2JU
Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 August 2017
Target decision date
13 September 2017
Permission expires
11 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Trafford

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, 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near M33

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address