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.
10,533 approved · 1,230 refused · 558 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Charles House, Albert Street, Eccles, M30 0PW
Received Not publishedFormer Salford City Council Offices, Astley Road, Irlam, M44 5LL
Received Not publishedLand Off Lansdowne Road, Eccles, M30 9PD
Received Not published2 The Borrans, Worsley, M28 1YA
Received Not published69 Alexandra Road, Eccles, M30 7HH
Received Not published6 Buckland Road, Salford, M6 8GP
Received Not published288 Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LH
Received Not published1-12 Wain Close, Eccles, M30 8ND
Received Not published19 Wensley Road, Salford, M7 3GJ
Received Not published24 Riding Fold Lane, Worsley, M28 2HD
Received Not published10 Hilton Grove, Worsley, M28 0RY
Received Not publishedCleggs Lane Methodist Church , Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9RW
Received Not published151 Swinton Park Road, Salford, M6 7PB
Received Not published31 Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not publishedChat Moss Herbs, Barton Moss Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7RL
Received Not published13 Westminster Road, Eccles, M30 9HF
Received Not published5-6 , Olympic Court, Salford, M50 2QP
Received Not published10 Manthorpe Avenue, Worsley, M28 2AZ
Received Not published266 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 2YJ
Received Not publishedBlock B , Hulton Square, Ordsall
Received Not published9 Blackcap Close, Worsley, M28 7XD
Received Not publishedSt Johns Cathedral , Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5LL
Received Not published1-7 , Chapel Street, Salford, M3 7NJ
Received Not publishedUnit 4, Irlam Industrial Estate, Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 5AZ
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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