Barton Business Park, Cawdor Street, ECCLES
Approved on 1 May 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed installation of roof mounted solar PV 113kWp (max 253 panels) Photovoltaic (PV) system with a total capacity of approximately 181kWp (440 x 455W panels) on the roof of Unit B, Barton Business Park,
- Submitted
- 11 March 2026
- Council
- Salford City Council
- Ward
- Barton and Winton Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated11 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date7 Apr
- DecidedDecided1 May
Decided in 51 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 51 days, 5 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
- 11 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 April 2026
- Application expires
- 6 May 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
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)
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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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20262 Apr
Request for confirmation of compliance of condition 4 (Surface Water Drainage) attached to planning…
Condition Request determinedDischarge of conditionsOTH/2026/0487 - 202626 Mar
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 (AIA and AMS) attached to planning permission…
Condition Request determinedDischarge of conditionsOTH/2026/0451 - 202625 Mar
Request for confirmation of compliance of condition 3 (Construction environmental management plan) attached…
Condition Request determinedDischarge of conditionsOTH/2026/0449 - 202613 Jan
Application to determine whether prior approval is required for a proposed 181 kWp solar photovoltaic…
RefusedOutlineNOT/2025/1780
Source: Salford
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