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.
10,475 approved · 1,229 refused · 553 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot D3 , White, Media City Uk, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not publishedMiddlewood Locks , Land North Of Middlewood Street, And East Of Oldfield Road, Salford, M5 4GU
Received Not published2 Burton Grove, Worsley, Salford, M28 2TA
Received Not published34 Dryden Avenue, Swinton, Salford, M27 0JY
Received Not published138 Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8QQ
Received Not published3 Lansdowne Drive, Worsley, Salford, M28 7HG
Received Not published10 Orient Road, Salford, M6 8LD
Received Not publishedLand At, Brackley Golf Club, Bullows Road, Little Hulton, M38 9TR
Received Not published311 - 313 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5JY
Received Not published310 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2HQ
Received Not publishedM J Motors Woodlands Garage, Barton Lane, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0HX
Received Not published70 Baines Avenue, Irlam, M44 6AT
Received Not published19 Ampney Close, Eccles, M30 7NL
Received Not publishedLand Off Lansdowne Road , Eccles , M30 9PD
Received Not published1 Barnfield Drive, Worsley, Salford, M28 1NF
Received Not published34 St Georges Crescent, Salford, M6 8JN
Received Not published10 Ewhurst Avenue, Swinton, Salford, M27 0FE
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Electricity Sub-Station, , Agecroft Road, Pendlebury
Received Not published93 Walkden Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 7BQ
Received Not published21 Ferrymasters Way, Irlam, Salford, M44 6GH
Received Not published95 Eccles New Road, Salford, M5 4RX
Received Not publishedLand To The North Of Ordsall Park, Adjacent To Hulton Street, Salford
Received Not published13 Manchester Road West, Little Hulton, Worsley, Salford, M38 9EG
Received Not published7 Castlefield Avenue, Salford, M7 4GQ
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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