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.
10,571 approved · 1,232 refused · 558 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46A Greenleach Lane, Worsley, M28 2RG
Received Not publishedEast Lancashire Road, Swinton
Received Not published47 St Georges Crescent, Salford, M6 8JN
Received Not publishedSpringwood Primary School, Craig Hall And Former Munchkins Nursery, Preston Avenue, Irlam, M44 5XB
Received Not publishedCanon Green Drive, Salford, M3 7DB
Received Not published19 Mount Skip Lane, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9WR
Received Not published8 Encombe Place, Salford, M3 6FJ
Received Not published8 Venesta Avenue, Salford, M6 8FE
Received Not published10 Longmead Road, Salford, M6 7ET
Received Not published30B Stafford Road, Eccles, M30 9ED
Received Not publishedLand At Kara Street And Liverpool Street, Salford, M6 5GG
Received Not published4 Wardley Hall Lane, Worsley, M28 2RL
Received Not publishedLowry Outlet, The Quays, Salford, M50 3UB
Received Not published36 Mulgrave Road, Worsley, M28 2RW
Received Not published3 Anchorage Quay, Salford, M50 3XE
Received Not publishedThe Unicorn , 539 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 7BY
Received Not published204 Fir Street, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5YG
Received Not publishedThe Woodside , 501 Ellenbrook Road, Worsley, M28 1ES
Received Not publishedMocha Parade, Salford, M7 1QE
Received Not publishedAlder Grove Primary Partnership Unit, Walnut Road, Eccles, M30 8LD
Received Not published458 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4LH
Received Not published3 Galloway Road, Swinton, M27 0GD
Received Not publishedCadishead Labour Club, Fir Street, Cadishead, M44 5AG
Received Not published1 Lathom Road, Irlam, M44 6ZD
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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