Unit 6, Waters Edge Business Park, Salford, M5 3EZ

PA/2025/1309Full planning permissionApproved

Full

Approved on 13 November 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed use of the site as a wind turbine training facility

Submitted: 24 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Salford City Council
Ward: Quays Ward

ReceivedSubmitted24 Sep
ValidatedValidated24 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date29 Oct
DecidedDecided13 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Unit 6, Waters Edge Business Park, Salford, M5 3EZ. Salford has handled 2,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Salford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Quays Ward. We hold 113 applications in total for the M5 postcode area.

88% of full 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: M5 3EZ
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 September 2025
Target decision date: 29 October 2025
Application expires: 19 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
Article 4 direction: 2018 HMO Article 4 Direction

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

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© 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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Source: Salford

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