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10,475 approved · 1,229 refused · 553 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Wyre Drive, Worsley, M28 1HH
Received Not published242 Weaste Lane, Salford, M5 5HF
Received Not publishedDigital World Centre, Suite 3 6 Third Floor , 1 Lowry Plaza, Salford, M50 3UB
Received Not published44 Lentworth Drive, Worsley, M28 3EX
Received Not publishedAshtonfields Site Part Of British Coal Yard , Ravenscraig Road, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9PU
Received Not published5 Blyton Lane, Salford, M7 3BR
Received Not publishedFrederick Road /, Lower Broughton Road, Higher Broughton, Salford, M7 2JS
Received Not published1-32 , Halton Bank, Salford, M6 7AB
Received Not published5 Shackleton Street, Eccles, M30 8AE
Received Not published6 Park Bank , Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 5HP
Received Not publishedThe Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not published171 Station Road, Swinton, M27 6BU
Received Not published431 Bolton Road, Swinton, M27 8TD
Received Not published15 Longley Road, Worsley, M28 3JA
Received Not published11 Borchardt Drive, Swinton, M27 4FN
Received Not publishedUnit G, Regent Road Retail Park, Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3TP
Received Not publishedCampbell Road Playing Fields, Campbell Road, Swinton
Received Not publishedWardley Hall , Wardley Hall Road, Worsley, M28 2ND
Received Not publishedLand At Clarence Street, Lower Broughton, Salford, M7 1AH
Received Not published26 Norwood Avenue, Salford, M7 3PN
Received Not publishedLand Off, Campbell Road, Swinton
Received Not publishedAll Souls Presbytery , 622 Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 5HQ
Received Not published346 Great Clowes Street, Salford, M7 2FT
Received Not published55 Queen Street, Blackfriars, Salford, M3 7DQ
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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