International Timber Trafford Wharf Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1DJ Data via plota.co.uk

119594/CPE/26 - Certificate Existing Lawful Use Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application for Certificate of Lawful Existing Use from Use Class B2 (General Industrial) and Use Class B8 (storage and distribution) for more than 10 years. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
17 Jul 2026
Consultation
21 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 11 Sept 2026. The consultation period closed on 11 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Inside the Old Trafford built-up area; Air quality management area 92 m away: Trafford AQMA.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Trafford
Application type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use
Postcode
M17 1DJ
Received
17 Jul 2026
Validated
17 Jul 2026
Ward
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
Agent
Newmark

Public comments

No public comments yet.

24 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14862006
Neighbours
21 Jul 2026
Consultation
21 Jul 2026
Comments by
11 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Trafford
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#142 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Trafford ranks #120 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Trafford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #185 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #212 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #120 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #95 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
73 decided (1-9 homes)
64%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
78%
Change of use approved
27 decided
1,430
Total decisions
182 refused in the year to March 2026