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.
10,106 approved · 1,181 refused · 540 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Lower Monton Road, Eccles, M30 0NX
Received Not published23 Lullington Road, Salford, M6 8GW
Received Not published294 - 296 Littleton Road, Salford, M7 3QG
Received Not publishedMiddlewood Locks , Land at Middlewood Street and East of Oldfield Road, Salford, M5 4GU
Received Not published415 - 417 Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7HB
Received Not published343- 345 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2LH
Received Not published9 Turfnell Way, Worsley, M28 2PZ
Received Not publishedDiamond Court, 11 Daniel Adamson Road, Salford, M50 1DT
Received Not published28-30 , Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 0WA
Received Not publishedMcDonald's, 447 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8BB
Received Not publishedMcDonald's, 447 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8BB
Received Not published5 Rutland Road, Eccles, M30 9FA
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Trinity Way, Blackfriars Road, Bury Street And Garden Lane, Salford
Received Not published74 Chatsworth Road, Swinton, M28 2NT
Received Not published31 Camp Street, Salford, M7 1LG
Received Not publishedFormer Fit City Cadishead, Lords Street, Cadishead, M44 5EH
Received Not published315-317 , Great Clowes Street, Salford, M7 2FZ
Received Not publishedAdvertising Right On Gable , 439 Bolton Road, Swinton, M27 8TD
Received Not published9 Folly Lane, Swinton, M27 0DF
Received Not published371 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6AY
Received Not publishedLand Formerly 140, Trafford Road, Eccles, M30 0FX
Received Not published16 Park Street, Salford, M7 4NE
Received Not published14 Lower Sutherland Street, Swinton, M27 0WE
Received Not published6 Wrenswood Drive, Worsley, M28 7GS
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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