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.
10,481 approved · 1,229 refused · 553 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middlewood Locks, Land West Of East Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 4YW
Received Not published3A Egerton Road, Worsley, M28 3JY
Received Not published303-305 Great Clowes Street, Salford, M7 2ER
Received Not published7 Ladymere Drive, Worsley, M28 7DH
Received Not publishedClifton Centre, 117 Silverdale, Clifton, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8GW
Received Not publishedMonton Methodist Church , Grange Drive, Eccles, M30 9JG
Received Not published4 Old Hall Road, Salford, M7 4JH
Received Not publishedUnit 1, Plot B5/B6 Of The Salford Central Masterplan Regeneration Area Approved Under Permission 09/57950/EIAHYB. Land East Of Irwell Street And North Of Stanley Street, Situated With The New Bailey Multi-storey Car Park To The North West
Received Not publishedLynwood, Langley Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8SS
Received Not publishedBarton Inn, 25 Cawdor Street, Eccles, M30 0GB
Received Not published30B Park Road, Salford, M6 8JP
Received Not publishedZenith, 365 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5JT
Received Not published282-286 , Bury New Road, Salford, M7 2YJ
Received Not published30 - 34 Duncan Street, Salford, M5 3SQ
Received Not published55 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 3DA
Received Not publishedLand At Riverside Retail Park, Regent Road, Salford
Received Not publishedMcDonalds Restaurant, 317 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 2YN
Received Not publishedChaseley Field Mansion , 21 Chaseley Road, Salford, M6 7DZ
Received Not publishedBridgewater Gate , Woden Street, Salford, M5 4TP
Received Not publishedBroughton House , Park Lane, Salford, M7 4JD
Received Not published14 Old Hall Road, Salford, M7 4JH
Received Not published59 Seedley Park Road, Salford, M6 5NX
Received Not publishedSite Of Four Residential Blocks Of 1100 Apartments Total, Michigan Avenue, Salford
Received Not published30 Wardley Industrial Estate , Shield Drive, Worsley, M28 2QB
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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