Civic Quarter Area Action Plan Consultation Survey

Overview

Trafford Council wants your views on ambitious proposals which aim to transform the area around the Town Hall and surrounding buildings into a new ‘Civic Quarter’. Please complete the following survey, based on the draft Civic Quarter Area Action Plan (AAP) and Integrated Assessment (IA) (including Sustainability Appraisal).

Please find these document along with supporting documents on the Area Action Plan web page www.trafford.gov.uk/civic-quarter-aap

Data Protection We will treat your data in accordance with our Privacy Notices. Information will be used by Trafford Council solely in relation to the Civic Quarter Area Action Plan.

Please note all comments will be held by the Council and will be available to view publicly. Comments cannot be treated as confidential. Your personal information such as your postal and e-mail address will not be published, but your name and organisation (if relevant) will.

Trafford Council maintains a database of consultees who wish to be kept informed about strategic planning matters such as the Local Plan and AAPs. In responding to this consultation your contact details will automatically be added to the consultation database (if not already held). However, the Council will not automatically notify you of future consultations unless you ‘opt-in’. Please note that we cannot register your comments without your details.

By submitting this response form you are agreeing to these conditions.

Please note that the deadline for submitting responses is 17:00 on Friday 20th March 2020.

Why your views matter

Please note that we cannot register your comments without your details.

You can find out more information about the plans at two interactive events being run by the Council:

Wednesday 26 Feb, 6-8pm, Lancashire Cricket Club
Tuesday 10 March, 6-8pm, Lancashire Cricket Club

To book your place please visit the Eventbrite booking page. The two events are identical so you only need to book once.

The Civic Quarter Area Action Plan will be part of the statutory development plan for Trafford, sitting alongside the adopted Core Strategy and the Trafford Local Plan and Greater Manchester Spatial Framework as they emerge. It will be the starting point for determining planning applications within the Civic Quarter area. Following this consultation a submission draft will be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for scrutiny prior to adoption. It is hoped the Civic Quarter AAP will be adopted as Council policy by mid-2021 following an Examination in Public.

The Civic Quarter AAP covers a 55 hectare site taking in the Town Hall, Lancashire Cricket Club, the former Kellogg’s site including the University Academy 92 (UA 92) campus, stretching up to the A56/Chester Road, White City retail park and the former Greater Manchester Police (GMP) site. The area is bounded by Great Stone Road to the east, the A56/Chester Road to the north and the Altrincham Metrolink line to the south.

The plans include building a new leisure centre; an improved public realm, continued development of a new University campus, new homes and offices and improved cycle and pedestrian routes. A ‘processional route’ is also proposed which could amplify the connection between two world-class sporting venues - Lancashire Cricket Club and Manchester United. .

The Council will consider all comments made at this stage and use them to inform preparation of the Publication Draft Civic Quarter AAP (Regulation 19) that we expect to be ready for public engagement later in 2020.

What happens next

Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey. The responses will be collated and analysed.