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Sawfield Nurseries Fairy Lane Sale M33 2JU

92459/FUL/17Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 December 2017

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Development of a 49.99 MW Battery Storage Facility with associated infrastructure and landscaping.

Received
15 September 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Sale Moor
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Sawfield Nurseries Fairy Lane Sale M33 2JU. Trafford has handled 2,373 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Trafford's typical decision time. There have been 4 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.

84% of full 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
M33 2JU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2017
Consultation expiry
15 December 2017
Consultation start
24 November 2017
Consultation end
15 December 2017
Neighbour consultation start
28 September 2017
Neighbour consultation end
19 October 2017
Last date for comments
15 December 2017
Target decision date
25 December 2017
Permission expires
20 December 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 October 2017
Advertisement expiry
26 October 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06381265
Documents
26
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.

  • Green belt: Trafford
  • 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, 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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