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10,475 approved · 1,229 refused · 553 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Singleton Court, Bury Old Road, Prestwich, M25 8FX
Received Not published4 Turner Street, Salford, M7 4PD
Received Not published23 Church Street, Eccles, M30 0DF
Received Not published16 Merlewood Drive, Swinton, M27 0ER
Received Not published74 And 94 Chatsworth Road (and Land Opposite At Worsley Golf Club) , Swinton, M28 2NT
Received Not published4 Howarth Drive, Irlam, M44 6ZB
Received Not publishedThurlow Mills , Montford Street, Salford, M50 2XD
Received Not publishedJ Fletcher Engineering , Lansdowne Road, Eccles, M30 9PD
Received Not published337 Worsley Road, Eccles, M30 8HU
Received Not publishedFurness Quay, Salford
Received Not publishedUnits 1 To 3, Junction Business Park, Rake Lane, Clifton, Swinton, M27 8LU
Received Not publishedLand On Lyntown Trading Estate, Old Wellington Road, Eccles
Received Not publishedThe Poet's Estate, Swinton, Salford, M27 0PU
Received Not published170-172 , Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9GA
Received Not published1 - 31 Ellesmere Green, Eccles, M30 9EZ
Received Not published67 Victoria Road, Salford, M6 8FZ
Received Not published26 Bellpit Close, Worsley, M28 7XH
Received Not published3 The Moorings, Worsley, M28 2QE
Received Not published190 Chatsworth Road, Swinton, M28 2GF
Received Not publishedOn Corner Of Spring Gardens And Alpha Street, Salford
Received Not publishedOn Grass Verge On Langley Road South , Salford
Received Not publishedLancaster Road, Salford
Received Not published10 Crawford Avenue, Worsley, M28 2RE
Received Not published35 Scholars Avenue, Salford, M6 8GB
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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