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.
10,590 approved · 1,232 refused · 558 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
6 Brook Street, Swinton, M27 9PA
Received Not published257 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3WH
Received Not published2 Woodfield Road, Salford, M6 7QE
Received Not published257 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3WH
Received Not published34 Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not publishedGateway Building, 5 Anchorage Quay, Salford, M50 3XE
Received Not publishedLowry Hotel, 50 Dearmans Place, Salford, M3 5LH
Received Not publishedLand Off Worsley Street, Riverside Estate, Salford, M3 5AA
Received Not publishedLand Off Worsley Street, Riverside Estate, Salford, M3 5AA
Received Not publishedLand Off Worsley Street, Riverside Estate, Salford, M3 5AA
Received Not publishedLand Off Worsley Street, Riverside Estate, Salford, M3 5AA
Received Not publishedLand At Bridge Street, New Bailey Street, Riverside Estate, Salford, M3 5AA
Received Not publishedLand At Bridge Street, New Bailey Street, Riverside Estate, Salford, M3 5AA
Received Not published28 Milford Street, Salford, M6 5GQ
Received Not published13 Cavendish Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9JZ
Received Not published676 Bolton Road, Swinton, M27 8FH
Received Not published39 Hurstfield Road, Worsley, M28 7UJ
Received Not publishedFormer Blackfriars Inn And Adjcent Building, Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7DB
Received Not published6 Lords Avenue, Salford, M5 5HH
Received Not published171 Manchester Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4FB
Received Not published301 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2RZ
Received Not published301 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2RZ
Received Not publishedWaterfront Quay, Pier 7, Salford Quays
Received Not publishedPendleton Court Care Home, 22 Chaplin Close, Salford, M6 8FW
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage