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.
10,175 approved · 1,190 refused · 543 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Castle Irwell Service Station , Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DA
Received Not publishedRHS Bridgewater, Worsley, M28 1HP
Received Not published85 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 4AF
Received Not published68 Upper Park Road, Salford, M7 4JA
Received Not publishedFurness Quay, Salford
Received Not publishedLand To West Side Of , Fereday Street, Worsley, M28 3TG
Received Not published28 Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not published9 Ainsdale Avenue, Salford, M7 4LS
Received Not published439A Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4LE
Received Not published362 Great Clowes Street, Salford, M7 2ET
Received Not published412 Hilton Lane, Worsley, M28 3TL
Received Not publishedLand Formerly Harrop Fold High School, Longshaw Drive, Worsley, Manchester
Received Not publishedSpringwood Primary School, Craig Hall And Former Munchkins Nursery, Preston Avenue, Irlam, M44 5XB
Received Not published4A Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2NL
Received Not published242 Liverpool Road, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5DX
Received Not published2 Hanover Gardens, Salford, M7 4FQ
Received Not publishedLand South East Of 513, Booths Hall Road, Worsley
Received Not publishedBurgess Farm , Hilton Lane, Worsley, M28 3TL
Received Not published19 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, M30 9JY
Received Not published32A Egerton Road, Worsley, M28 3JY
Received Not published325 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 8GF
Received Not publishedPlot H, Logistics North Land Off Lomax Way , (Logistics North Spine Road) , Logistics North , Salford
Received Not publishedBolton Road , Pendlebury , Salford , M27 8TG
Received Not published13 Marlow Drive, Irlam, M44 6LR
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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