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.
9,240 approved · 1,096 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eccles Masonic Hall/Elm Bank, 46 Half Edge Lane, Eccles, M30 9BA
Received Not published170-172 , Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9GA
Received Not publishedPlasmet Ltd , Barton Aerodrome, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7RX
Received Not published61 Victoria Crescent, Eccles, M30 9AN
Received Not publishedMiddlewood Locks , Land North Of Middlewood Street, And East Of Oldfield Road, Salford, M5 4GU
Received Not publishedXq7 Building , Taylorson Street South, Salford, M5 3FN
Received Not publishedWillan Industrial Estate , Vere Street, Salford, M50 2GR
Received Not publishedVacant Land Off, Somerset Road, Eccles, M30 9BT
Received Not published1A Astor Road, Salford, M50 1BB
Received Not publishedLand To The East Of , Greylag Crescent, Worsley
Received Not published34 Waterpark Road, Salford, M7 4ET
Received Not publishedIrlam Locks, Flixton
Received Not publishedFormer Employment Services Department, Trafford Road, Salford, M5 3AD
Received Not publishedLand Off Omega Drive , Northbank Industrial Estate, Irlam, M44 5GR
Received Not published206 Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8AL
Received Not publishedSite Of The Former Worsley New Hall, , Leigh Road, , Salford, M28 2LJ
Received Not published44 Lawefield Crescent, Swinton, M27 6WN
Received Not publishedPlasmet Ltd , Barton Aerodrome, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7RX
Received Not publishedLand On The Corner Of Great Ducie Street And New Bridge Street, Manchester
Received Not published95 Seedley Park Road, Salford, M6 5WU
Received Not published26 Stetchworth Drive, Worsley, M28 1EX
Received Not publishedOaklands Hospital , 19 Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8AQ
Received Not published24 Fairmount Road, Swinton, M27 0EP
Received Not published13 Cavendish Grove, Eccles, M30 9HR
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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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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