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.
9,612 approved · 1,122 refused · 503 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Greenfield Avenue, Eccles, M30 7LD
Received Not publishedFormer Land Bounded By Victoria Lane And, Moorside Road, Swinton, Manchester
Received Not publishedMontford Street, Salford, M50 2XD
Received Not publishedM J Motors Woodlands Garage, Barton Lane, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0HX
Received Not published1-3 Church Road, Eccles, M30 0DL
Received Not published25 Welford Street, Salford, M6 6BB
Received Not published71 Chatsworth Road, Swinton, M28 2WS
Received Not published1 Kersal Hall Avenue, Salford, M7 3GR
Received Not published25 The Crescent , Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2WY
Received Not publishedLand At Hazelhall Close , Off Hazelhurst Road , Salford , Worsley
Received Not published1-7 , Chapel Street, Salford, M3 7NJ
Received Not published42 Duchy Street, Salford, M6 5LT
Received Not published16 Sharp Street, Worsley, M28 3LX
Received Not published28 Clifton Drive, Worsley, M27 9QS
Received Not published7 Edge Fold Road, Worsley, M28 7GE
Received Not publishedMonton Unitarian Church , Monton Green, Eccles, M30 8AP
Received Not publishedJunction Of Barton Lane / Boardman Street , Eccles , M30 0FR
Received Not publishedVacant Land Bounded By Fairbrother Street, Ordsall Lane And River Irwell , Fairbrother Street / Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3EN
Received Not published54 Lawefield Crescent, Swinton, M27 6NJ
Received Not published4 Hamilton Street, Salford, M7 2EF
Received Not published24 Harrison Street, Eccles, M30 7DD
Received Not publishedMcDonalds, Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 4TJ
Received Not publishedMcDonalds Restaurant, 317 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 2YN
Received Not publishedR Braidwood And Sons Transport Ltd , Lester Road, Little Hulton, M38 0PT
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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