Draft Trafford Local Plan - April 2025

Closes 12 Jun 2025

Contents

The Local Plan has been split into sections for each policy area, and these can be accessed via the contents page below.  

Sections have also been included for the Integrated Assessment (IA), Climate Change Risk Assessment, IA Scoping Report, Habitats Regulation Assessment and Site Selection Methodology. Specific consultation questions are available for each document.  

Please note that there is no requirement or expectation for you to comment on all of the policies or documents that are part of the consultation. You only need to comment on the policies of the draft Local Plan and/or other elements of the consultation that you are interested in. Similarly, there is no need to respond ‘no comment’ to any questions, policies or elements of the consultation that you have no comments on or are not interested in.

Please note: We cannot accept anonymous responses. The questions in the 'Personal details' section are compulsory and must be completed in order to submit your response. Consultation responses when made public will include your name (and organisation where relevant) but no other personal information will be published.

Page Response
Personal details (Required)
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Chapter 1 - Local Plan Policies Map
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Chapter 1 - Vision
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Chapter 1 - Strategic Objectives
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Chapter 1 - Introduction, Vision and Strategic Objectives
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Chapter 2 - Policy ST1: Core Growth Area (Trafford)
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Chapter 2 - Policy ST2: Inner Areas (Trafford)
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Chapter 2 - Policy ST3: Southern Areas (Trafford)
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Chapter 2 - Policy ST4: Sustainable Development
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Chapter 2 - Policy ST5: Climate Change
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Chapter 2 - Strategy
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Chapter 3 - Policy RT1: Carbon and Energy
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Chapter 3 - Policy RT2: Decentralised Energy Generation
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Chapter 3 - Policy RT3: Overheating and the Urban Heat Island
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Chapter 3 - Policy RT4: Sustainable Retrofitting
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Chapter 3 - Policy RT5: Circular Economy
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Chapter 3 - Renewable Technologies and Methods
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Chapter 4 - Policy R1: Housing Delivery
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Chapter 4 - Policy R2: Protecting Existing Homes
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Chapter 4 - Policy R3: Affordable and Social Housing
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Chapter 4 - Policy R4: Size and Type of New Homes
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Chapter 4 - Policy R5: Housing Density
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Chapter 4 - Policy R6: Older Persons Accommodation
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Chapter 4 - Policy R7: Adaptable and Accessible Housing
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Chapter 4 - Policy R8: Homes for Children and Care Experienced Young People
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Chapter 4 - Policy R9: Other Types of Homes
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Chapter 4 - Policy R10: Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation
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Chapter 4 - Policy R11: Self-Build and Custom Housing
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Chapter 4 - Residential Development
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Chapter 5 - Policy EJ1: Employment Land Requirements
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Chapter 5 - Policy EJ2: Trafford Park
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Chapter 5 - Policy EJ3: Industry and Warehousing
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Chapter 5 - Policy EJ4: Offices
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Chapter 5 - Policy EJ5: Safeguarding Trafford’s Employment Land
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Chapter 5 - Policy EJ6: Data and Energy Storage
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Chapter 5 - Policy EJ7: Rural Economy
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Chapter 5 - Economy and Jobs
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM1: Walking, Wheeling and Cycling
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM2: Public Transport
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM3: Car Clubs
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM4: Mobility Hubs
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM5: Local Highway Network
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM6: The A56
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM7: Freight
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM8: Manchester Ship Canal
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM9: Potential Future Rail Route
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM10: Parking Standards
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM11: Lorry Management
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM12: Park and Ride
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Chapter 6 - Policy TM13: Crowd Movement and Routes
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Chapter 6 - Transport and Movement
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Chapter 7 - Policy TC1: Hierarchy of Centres
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Chapter 7 - Policy TC2: Role and Function of Centres
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Chapter 7 - Policy TC3: Out of Centre Retail and Leisure
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Chapter 7 - Town Centres and Retail
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Chapter 8 - Policy GI1: Landscape Character Areas
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Chapter 8 - Policy GI2: Green Infrastructure Network
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Chapter 8 - Policy GI3: Great Manchester Wetlands Nature Improvement Area (NIA)
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Chapter 8 - Policy GI4: Mersey Valley
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Chapter 8 - Policy GI5: Green Infrastructure Opportunity Areas
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Chapter 8 - Policy GI6: Green Infrastructure in New Developments
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Chapter 8 - Policy GI7: Trees, Woodland and Hedgerows
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Chapter 8 - Policy GI8: Protection of Locally Designated Sites and Natural Environment Assets
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Chapter 8 - Policy GI9: Biodiversity Opportunity Areas
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Chapter 8 - Policy GI10: Building Biodiversity into New Developments
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Chapter 8 - Green Infrastructure and Natural Environment
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Chapter 9 - Policy OS1: Open Space
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Chapter 9 - Policy OS2: Outdoor Sports and Recreation Facilities and Provision
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Chapter 9 - Policy OS3: Indoor Sports and Recreation Provision
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Chapter 9 - Policy OS4: Loss of Sport and Recreation Land or Facilities
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Chapter 9 - Policy OS5: Allotments and Growing Space
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Chapter 9 - Policy OS6: Cemeteries and Burial Grounds
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Chapter 9 - Open Space, Sport and Recreation
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Chapter 10 - Policy WA1: Managing Flood Risk
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Chapter 10 - Policy WA2: Sustainable Drainage – Surface and Foul Water
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Chapter 10 - Policy WA3: Flood Storage Areas
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Chapter 10 - Policy WA4: Water Efficiency
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Chapter 10 - Water, Flooding and Drainage
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Chapter 11 - Policy CT1: Protecting Existing Community and Social Facilities
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Chapter 11 - Policy CT2: Loss of Community Facilities
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Chapter 11 - Policy CT3: New Community and Social Facilities
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Chapter 11 - Policy CT4: Fast Food
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Chapter 11 - Policy CT5: Social Value in New Developments
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Chapter 11 - Community and Social Infrastructure
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Chapter 12 - Policy BE1: Design
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Chapter 12 - Policy BE2: Tall Buildings
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Chapter 12 - Policy BE3: Elevated Green Spaces
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Chapter 12 - Policy BE4: Advertisements and Signage
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Chapter 12 - Policy BE5: Heritage Assets
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Chapter 12 - Policy BE6: Designated Heritage Assets
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Chapter 12 - Policy BE7: Non-designated Heritage Assets
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Chapter 12 - Policy BE8: Noise and Vibration
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Chapter 12 - Policy BE9: Land Contamination and Remediation
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Chapter 12 - Policy BE10: Digital Connectivity
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Chapter 12 - Built Environment
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Chapter 13 - Policy CL1: Protecting and Supporting Existing Cultural, Leisure and Tourism Assets
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Chapter 13 - Policy CL2: New Culture, Leisure and Tourism Developments
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Chapter 13 - Culture, Tourism and Leisure
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Chapter 14 - Policy IP1: Infrastructure Delivery and Planning Obligations
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Chapter 14 - Policy IP2: Managing and Monitoring Planning Obligations
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Chapter 14 - Infrastructure and Planning Obligations
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Integrated Assessment (IA) of the Draft Local Plan
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IA: Climate Change Risk Assessment
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Integrated Assessment (IA): Scoping Report Addendum
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Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) of Draft Local Plan
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Site Selection Methodology
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