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3 Auburn Road Old Trafford M16 9WS

97312/COU/19Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 August 2019

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from 6 bed HMO (Use Class C4) to 7 bed HMO (retrospective application)

Received
1 April 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Clifford
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated2 May
  3. Consult.29 May
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided8 Aug

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 3 Auburn Road Old Trafford M16 9WS. Trafford has handled 208 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Trafford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,319 applications in total for the M16 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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 9WS
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 May 2019
Consultation expiry
29 May 2019
Consultation start
8 May 2019
Consultation end
29 May 2019
Neighbour consultation start
8 May 2019
Neighbour consultation end
29 May 2019
Last date for comments
29 May 2019
Target decision date
27 June 2019
Permission expires
8 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Steve Lamb
Agent address
11 Princes Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 3NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07738725
Documents
7
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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