Local Plan

The plans and policies below make up the current Trafford Local Plan:

  • Places for Everyone is a long-term plan of nine Greater Manchester districts (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan) for jobs, new homes, and sustainable growth.
  • Trafford Local Plan: Core Strategy sets development principles for Trafford. It was adopted on 26 January 2012. Some policies have been replaced / part replaced by PfE.
  • Revised Unitary Development Plan has been replaced/part replaced by the Core Strategy (as set out in Appendix 5 of the Core Strategy). It was adopted in June 2006.
  • Civic Quarter Area Action Plan (CQAAP) is a development plan document for the Civic Quarter. The CQAAP aims to deliver a substantially regenerated neighbourhood in this part of north Trafford. It was adopted on 25 January 2023.
  • Composite Policies Map shows where sites have been allocated for specific uses, for example residential or employment uses and where certain area-specific policies may apply, such as Green Belt.
  • Neighbourhood Plans also form part of the Local Plan. Currently this includes Altrincham Town Centre Neighbourhood Business Plan (Adopted November 2017).
  • Trafford Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a financial levy that has been set on developments to provide for essential infrastructure to support planned growth. The Council approved the Trafford CIL on 26 March 2014, which came into effect on 7 July 2014.
  • Greater Manchester Joint Waste Plan is concerned with the scale, location and type of facilities required up to 2027, to manage all types of waste in Greater Manchester, including a suite of development management policies. It was adopted on 1 April 2012.
  • Greater Manchester Joint Minerals Plan provides planning policy framework to minerals operators and the public about: the locations where mineral extraction may take place; the safeguarding of sensitive environmental features and of mineral resources and all aspects of environmental and resource protection. It was adopted on 26 April 2013.
  • Supplementary Planning Documents provide additional information to assist with the interpretation and implementation of policies.
  • Supplementary Planning Guidance provide more detail about Policies within the UDP.

A report to the Planning and Development Management Committee in April 2019, provided an update on the compliance of the Core Strategy and saved UDP policies with the revised National Planning Policy Framework (February 2019). The document below provides details of the review and indicates the weight which should be applied to the policies:

Review of Local Development Plan Policies  

Find out more about current consultations on Local Plan documents.

Documents being prepared

  • The new Trafford Local Plan: Preparation of a new Local Plan is underway. Trafford Council published a public consultation on the Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan in 2021. Details can be found on the New Local Plan page.