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Ash Farm, Station Road, Dunham Massey, Altrincham, WA14 5SG

H/71369Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 July 2009

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of part of agricultural building to walk-in freezer in connection with ice cream business.

Received
11 May 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bowdon
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Ash Farm, Station Road, Dunham Massey, Altrincham, WA14 5SG. Trafford has handled 208 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Trafford's typical decision time. The site is in the Dunham Woodhouses conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Bowdon. We hold 816 applications in total for the WA14 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
WA14 5SG
Application type
Change of Use
Development type
Change of use-buildings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2009
Consultation start
27 May 2009
Neighbour consultation start
27 May 2009
Target decision date
6 July 2009
Permission expires
3 July 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
1

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: Dunham Woodhouses
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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

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© 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. 2009
    11 May

    Change of use of existing hardstanding to equestrian arena.

    ApprovedChange of UseFiled alongsideH/71368
  2. 2009
    11 May

    Change of use of part of agricultural building to walk-in freezer in connection with ice cream business.

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentH/71369
  3. 2009
    11 May

    Change of use of existing agricultural building to 10 no. stables, including 4 no. for private use and 6 no…

    ApprovedChange of UseFiled alongsideH/71370

Source: Trafford

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