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.
10,182 approved · 1,190 refused · 543 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between Mid-point Of Manchester Ship Canal And Liverpool Road, Eccles
Received Not publishedLand Between Mid-point Of Manchester Ship Canal And Liverpool Road, Eccles
Received Not published85 Singleton Road, Salford, M7 4LX
Received Not publishedFurness Quay, Salford, M50 3XZ
Received Not published14 Longley Drive, Worsley, M28 2TP
Received Not publishedSite Of 30 New Dwellings, Langworthy Road, Salford, M6 5LX
Received Not publishedLand At Hilton Lane, Worsley
Received Not publishedUnits 17 To 18, Wardley Industrial Estate, Shield Drive, Worsley, M28 2QB
Received Not publishedNew Yeshrun Synagogue, Cheltenham Crescent, Salford, M7 4FP
Received Not publishedGarages North East Healey Close , Blackfield Lane, Salford, M7 3PQ
Received Not publishedPlot 1 New Bailey / Plots B2/B3 Salford Central Masterplan At Land Southwest New Bailey Street And Southeast Salford Central Station , M3 5ET
Received Not published32 Waterpark Road, Salford, M7 4ET
Received Not published91 George Street South, Salford, M7 4QP
Received Not publishedLibra Chemicals , Brinell Drive, Irlam, M44 5LF
Received Not publishedFormer Eaton Works, Land East Of Worsley Road North, Walkden, M28 3QN
Received Not published28 Leamington Road, Eccles, M30 8NE
Received Not publishedLand Between Willows Road And, Whiteside Close, Salford
Received Not published36 Fairmount Road, Swinton, M27 0EP
Received Not published155 Barton Lane, Eccles, M30 0HN
Received Not publishedWardley Hall , Wardley Hall Road, Worsley, M28 2ND
Received Not published80 The Crescent, Irlam, M44 6EG
Received Not publishedThe Poet's Estate, Swinton, Salford, M27 0PU
Received Not published59 Russell Road, Salford, M6 8WQ
Received Not published333 Manchester Road, Clifton, Swinton, M27 6PT
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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