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.
9,634 approved · 1,124 refused · 504 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Moorside Road, Swinton, M27 0HJ
Received Not published207-209 , Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 5SQ
Received Not publishedGloucester House , Back Duncan Street, Salford, M7 2EY
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published113 - 115 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 0ND
Received Not published17 Westgate Drive, Swinton, M27 5QB
Received Not publishedDock Office, Trafford Road, Salford
Received Not publishedCooper Clarke Group Plc , Morpeth Street, Swinton, M27 5RR
Received Not published33 Ukraine Road, Salford, M7 3TE
Received Not published7 Wordsmith Drive, Salford, M6 8GE
Received Not published5 Gorsefield Drive, Swinton, M27 5SY
Received Not publishedManchester Cathedral, Victoria Street, Manchester, M3 1SX
Received Not publishedKfc Drive Thru , Regent Road, Salford, M5 4QU
Received Not published208 Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8AL
Received Not published19 Tuscany View, Salford, M7 3TX
Received Not published7 Union Terrace , Bury Old Road, Salford, M7 4ZH
Received Not published5 Knowsley Drive, Swinton, M27 0EB
Received Not published107 Lightoaks Road, Salford, M6 8WP
Received Not publishedLand At The Junction Of Langworthy Road And , Eccles New Road , Salford, M5 4UF
Received Not published100 New Lane, Eccles, M30 7JE
Received Not publishedMunchkins Nursery School, Preston Avenue, Irlam, M44 5XB
Received Not published10 Old Hall Lane, Worsley, M28 2FG
Received Not published17 Grove Hill, Worsley, M28 1HX
Received Not published29 Chatsworth Road, Eccles, M30 9DZ
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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