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.
10,145 approved · 1,189 refused · 542 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Ratcliffe Avenue, Irlam, M44 6WD
Received Not publishedLand Between Regent Road And, Goodiers Drive, Salford, M5 4QX
Received Not published24 Tully Street, Salford, M7 4PA
Received Not published115 115A Partington Lane, Swinton, M27 0NS
Received Not published18 St Austells Drive, Swinton, M27 4JH
Received Not publishedUrban Skip Hire And Recycling Ltd, Mode Wheel Road South, Salford, M50 1DG
Received Not published180 Old Clough Lane, Worsley, M28 7JA
Received Not published345 Moorside Road, Swinton, M27 9HH
Received Not published1 Beechwood Drive, Worsley, M28 2WA
Received Not published48 Wellington Road, Swinton, M27 4BG
Received Not published16 Hawk Road, Irlam, M44 6LE
Received Not published7 Stafford Road, Eccles, M30 9HN
Received Not published296 Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LH
Received Not published14 Cavendish Road, Eccles, M30 9JF
Received Not publishedMoss House Farm, Moss Lane, Glazebrook, Irlam, WA3 5PL
Received Not publishedThe Poet's Estate, Swinton, Salford, M27 0PU
Received Not published260 Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LF
Received Not published550 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 7JA
Received Not published112 Greenleach Lane, Worsley, M28 2TY
Received Not published1 Russell Court, Little Hulton, M38 9NP
Received Not published37 Harbourne Avenue, Worsley, M28 7UD
Received Not publishedBrookland House, 3-5 Vere Street, Salford, M50 2GQ
Received Not published152 Highfield Road, Salford, M6 5RT
Received Not published8 Ingles Fold, Worsley, M28 1ZD
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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