Trafford
Trafford’s current Development Plan comprises
the Places for Everyone Plan (adopted in March 2024),
Trafford’s Core Strategy (adopted in 2012) and some saved policies from
Trafford’s Unitary Development Plan (2006)
These are the documents which all plans for development must currently
comply with
Trafford is developing an updated Local Plan, which will sit alongside the Places for Everyone to form a new local Development Plan
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As the Local Plan determines the policies and allocations relating to development in the borough up to 2039, we would encourage all residents to make a representation in response to the Regulation 19 Consultation for the Plan. We have provided the guidance and template below:
Trafford’s Consultation page is available here
Click on the link above and scroll down to the box which says ‘Make a Representation’ and click on the blue highlighted words which say ‘Online Survey’. You will then be prompted to input your personal details. We would encourage you to Opt In to be kept informed of the progress of the Local Plan.
At the bottom of the page, you can either ‘Save and Come Back Later’ or ‘Continue’ to make your representation.
You can then input your representation. If you’d like to base it on our template, you will find it here. Note that you may have to adjust the formatting and check for page numbering being transferred if you copy and paste the data in the question responses.
The Integrated Assessment and the Consultation Statement are ‘legal’ issues in planning terms. Gaps, errors or omissions in the policies or allocations are ‘soundness’ issues. You will see that we have separated these out in our template.
Most people will not want to participate in the hearing sessions but in case you do, the template contains a draft response.
If you just want to submit our template response, you can then say ‘No’ to submitting more representations. If you’d like to consider doing more, you may get some insights by reviewing our representation, which is available here.
You can then either ‘Save and Come Back Later’ or ‘Continue’
You will be asked if you would like to receive a copy of your response by email. Worth doing, so you have a record of your representation.
The deadline for making comments for this Regulation 19 version of the Trafford Local Plan 2022-2039 is 18th September 2026.
The Friends of Carrington Moss Consultation response is available here (and, with thanks to David Reeves, the comparison of Sites of Biological Importance that are erroneously listed in the supporting documentation is available here.
Trafford’s Local Plan Consultation site is available here
The Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan is available on the GMCA’s website here
The Planning Inspector’s Final Report relating to the Places for Everyone Plan is available here
The Natural England letter to the Planning Inspectors which confirms that Carrington Moss is a restorable irreplaceable habitat is available here
The GMSF/PfE is at odds with Trafford’s current Local Plan, which describes Carrington Moss as an area to be “conserved, enhanced and strengthened”, an “important area of ecological value”, a “designated Local Nature Conservation Site” and a “Special Landscape Feature”. The Local Nature Conservation Sites were identified by Trafford following a habitat survey carried out by the GMEU to a nationally approved method and updated by local knowledge. The documents also describe the importance of the “protection and enhancement of the mossland as a carbon sink to mitigate the effects of climate change” and “the protection and enhancement of the sites of nature conservation and biological importance, including the Carrington Rides”.
Trafford is developing a new Local Plan document and first went out to public consultation in July 2018. The latest consultation will complete on 18th March 2021. This new version will sit alongside the GMSF documents to form a new Development Plan for Trafford.
You can find the latest information about Trafford’s Local Plan by clicking here
The Friends of Carrington Moss have completed their review of the latest draft and their response is set out below:
The Friends of Carrington Moss did a detailed response to the original consultation in 2018, our response can be downloaded here:
Trafford’s current Housing Strategy is available here
Trafford’s latest Statement of Community Involvement is available here
Links to the existing Local Plan documents can be found here:
Friends of Carrington Moss 
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