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.
9,843 approved · 1,150 refused · 519 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
125 Partington Lane, Swinton, M27 0NS
Received Not publishedPlot 39, Northbank Industrial Estate , Cadishead Way, Irlam, M44 5BL
Received Not published5 Woodford Drive, Swinton, M27 9UA
Received Not publishedUnit 4, 53 Broughton Lane, Salford, M8 9UE
Received Not publishedLand To The South West Of 17 , Queen Anne Drive, Worsley, M28 1ZF
Received Not publishedRear Of 53, Broughton Lane, Salford, M8 9UE
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 44, Haddon Road, Eccles
Received Not publishedFresh, 140 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 6AF
Received Not published48 Lansdowne Road, Eccles, M30 9PF
Received Not published27 King Street, Higher Broughton, Salford, M7 4PU
Received Not publishedEllesmere Road, Eccles
Received Not published25 Bradford Road, Eccles, M30 9FF
Received Not published42 Grange Road, Eccles, M30 8JQ
Received Not published26 Venesta Avenue, Salford, M6 8FE
Received Not published212 Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9RQ
Received Not published64 Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2SN
Received Not published13 Upper Park Road, Salford, M7 4HY
Received Not publishedUnit 2 Block F1, Middlewood Locks, Salford
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Trafford Road, Archie Street And Elmira Way , 211 Trafford Road, Salford, M5 3DJ
Received Not published21 Ranelagh Road, Swinton, M27 4HG
Received Not published18 Ryecroft Lane, Worsley, M28 2PN
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published79 Claremont Road, Salford, M6 7GP
Received Not published2 Highfield Drive, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4JR
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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