Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Salford City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,224 approved · 1,096 refused · 484 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At , Chapel Street Bounded By Clowes Street, River Irwell And Dearmans Place, Salford, M3 5LH
Received Not publishedUnit 13, West One Retail Park, West One Way, Salford, M50 1ZD
Received Not published19 Cowslip Close, Salford, M7 1RB
Received Not published14 Belgrave Crescent, Eccles, M30 9AE
Received Not published35 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 5WN
Received Not publishedWater Street, , Manchester, , M3 4JQ
Received Not publishedOrdsall Lane, Salford , M5 4SR
Received Not published78 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4AR
Received Not published208 Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9LJ
Received Not published14 New Hall Road, Salford, M7 4EL
Received Not published159-161 Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9GS
Received Not publishedThe Old Smithy, Parrin Lane, Eccles, M30 8AN
Received Not published20 Welwyn Drive, Salford, M6 7PR
Received Not published321 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2RY
Received Not published9A Westminster Road, Eccles, M30 9HF
Received Not published88-90 , Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 0WZ
Received Not published10 Whitestar Court, Irlam, M44 6QN
Received Not published37 Firfield Grove, Worsley, M28 3NB
Received Not publishedLiverpool Road, Barton, Eccles
Received Not published5 Maple Road, Swinton, M27 5GU
Received Not publishedLand At , Hollin Wood, Worsley, Salford, M28 1JB
Received Not published254 Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LF
Received Not published96 Doveleys Road, Salford, M6 8QW
Received Not published14 Howclough Drive, Worsley, M28 3FS
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Salford City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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