Planning and Building Control
Trafford Council
PO Box 96
Waterside House
Sale
M33 7ZF
planning@trafford.gov.uk
0161 912 3149
We encourage you to submit your planning application online via the national Planning Portal.
Alternatively you can download the forms below and return by post.
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012 sets the fee levels for planning applications.
For alterations or extensions to an existing domestic dwelling. If you wish to apply for permission to extend or alter your home, build a garage or conservatory, a detached garage or outbuilding, a vehicle access onto a main road, a boundary wall or fence, or install a satellite dish you can use this form.
Please remember that you may also need Building Regulations approval.
If you require planning permission for any type of development other than alterations or extensions to an existing domestic dwelling, you will need to complete Full Planning Application form. Outline applications and reserved matters have separate application forms below.
Any 'advertisement' (sign, placard, notice, hoarding which is used for the purposes of advertising), whether illuminated or not, will require a planning application.
If you live in a Listed Building and/or Conservation Area, any alteration to the property will require permission. You may wish to contact the Planning Conservation Officer to discuss your plans before proceeding.
You must complete a certificate stating the ownership of the property. One Certificate A, B, C, or D, must be completed, together with the Agricultural Holdings Certificate. The Certificates can be found at the end of the planning application form.
Complete Certificate A if you are the sole owner of all the land within the application boundary.
If you do not own the site, or your foundations will encroach onto land you do not own, you must complete Certificate B, C or D and then complete and serve the appropriate notice depending on your type of application or whether you know all the site owners.
Householder Applications
If you are submitting a household application you need to use the Household Development Notice.
Non-householder Applications
For all other applications Notice 1 is to be printed and served to owners if Certificate B or C is completed.
Download Notice 1 for applications in England.
Where the owner is unknown the Notice to Unknown Owners, Notice 2, is for publication in a local newspaper if Certificate C or D is completed.
Download Notice 2 for applications in England.
Non-Material Amendments Applications
If you are submitting an application for non-material amendments you need to use
the
Non-Material Amendments notice.
A copy of the notice must also be sent with your application to the planning
service.
You must wait at least 21 days before submitting your planning application if you have served a Notice.
Applicants should refer to the Council’s revised list of information requirements for the submission of planning applications and other related applications (e.g. Listed Building Consent, Conservation Area Consent, Consent under Tree Preservation Orders and Notification of proposed works to trees in Conservation Areas). The checklist indicates the plans and documents that must be provided for each type of planning application
Scale of Charges - Effective 22 November 2012
