Land Bounded By Trentham Street, Ellesmere Street, Castlefield Locks, The Elevated Railway Line And The… Data via plota.co.uk

120088/ART18/26 - Article 18 consultations Awaiting decision

Proposal

Article 18 consultation from Manchester City Council in respect of . Erection of two residential buildings; Block A (46 storeys) and Block B (9 storeys), providing 592 homes (Use Class C3) with supporting amenity spaces, café (Use Class E(b)), car and cycle parking, new access arrangements, landscaping and other associated works Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
24 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
29 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 24 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 19 Nov 2026 and 2 Dec 2026, from Trafford's recent commercial and major works.

Comments are open until 20 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 5

Air quality management area: Manchester AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Former Turville Public House, Grade II, about 51 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Manchester built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Trafford - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Trafford
Application type
Article 18 consultations
Postcode
M15 4EX
Received
24 Sept 2026
Validated
24 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 15 of the 91-day target. Trafford usually decides commercial and major works by day 61.

Day 1576 days to the 91-day target
47%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
43decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Trafford in the last twelve months, from validation. Trafford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
29 Sept 2026
Comments by
20 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Trafford
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#142 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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