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Barton Business Park, Cawdor Street, ECCLES

NOT/2025/1780Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premisesRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 25 February 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application to determine whether prior approval is required for a proposed 181 kWp solar photovoltaic installation consisting of 440 × 450W PV modules.

Submitted
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barton and Winton Ward
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Barton Business Park, Cawdor Street, ECCLES. Salford has handled 353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Salford's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Barton and Winton Ward. We hold 670 applications in total for the M30 postcode area.

84% of outline applications at Salford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
M30 0PW
Application type
Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premises
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026
Target decision date
4 February 2026
Application expires
10 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: 2018 HMO Article 4 Direction
  • Brownfield land register: Former Vauxhall Garage, Albert Street, EcclesRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Salford

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