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.
10,078 approved · 1,179 refused · 538 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Voyager, Furness Quay, Salford, M50 3XZ
Received Not published5 Threadneedle Drive, Worsley, M28 3UF
Received Not publishedManchester City Council
Received Not publishedThe Novella Marketing Suite Is On A Piece Of Land Adjacent To The Ring Road (A6042) And The Stanley Street NCP Car Park, Its The Former New Bailey Marketing Suite. Novella Is The Marketing Name For An ECf Development - Https://novella-s
Received Not published33 - 37 Cottenham Lane, Salford, M7 1TW
Received Not publishedLowry Outlet, The Quays, Salford, M50 3UB
Received Not published106 Quarry Pond Road, Worsley, M28 0YG
Received Not published18 Landrace Drive, Worsley, M28 1UY
Received Not publishedPower Station, 132 Manchester Road, Carrington, M31 4AY
Received Not publishedPatricroft Park Pavillion, Edison Road, Eccles, M30 7AQ
Received Not published90 Whittle Street, Worsley, M28 3WY
Received Not publishedAthletics Track , Blantyre Street, Eccles, M30 8HY
Received Not publishedSalford City Council , St Simon Street, Salford, M3 7ES
Received Not publishedBlackleach Country Park , St John Street, Worsley, M28 3TD
Received Not publishedWinton Park Pavilion, Dover Street, Eccles, M30 8LW
Received Not publishedBroughton Hub , 50 Rigby Street, Salford, M7 4BQ
Received Not publishedGuild Hall Community Centre , Guild Avenue, Worsley, M28 3AS
Received Not published14 Howclough Drive, Worsley, M28 3FS
Received Not published10 The Chanters, Worsley, M28 7XL
Received Not published39 East Lancashire Road, Swinton, M27 5LY
Received Not published33 Woodgarth Lane, Worsley, M28 2PS
Received Not publishedAlbion Community Rooms, Albion Towers, Cross Lane, Salford, M5 4AH
Received Not published42 Grange Road, Eccles, M30 8JQ
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 23 Eldon Place, Eccles, M30 8QE
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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