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.
10,593 approved · 1,232 refused · 558 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Corner New Bridge Street And, Greengate, Salford
Received Not publishedHope Cottage Farm , Astley Road, Irlam, M44 5LG
Received Not published20 Westminster Road, Eccles, M30 9EB
Received Not published3663 First For Food Services Ltd , Langley Road South, Salford, M6 6TZ
Received Not published28 King Street And 49-51 Queen Street, Blackfriars, Salford, M3 7DG
Received Not published8 Parkstone Drive, Swinton, M27 5NB
Received Not published3 Clifton View, Swinton, M27 6NQ
Received Not published301B Old Clough Lane, Worsley, M28 2JD
Received Not publishedLiverpool Road, Irlam, M44 6EB
Received Not publishedFormer Salford City Council Offices, Astley Road, Irlam, Manchester, M44 5LL
Received Not publishedA J Bell Stadium, 1 Stadium Way, Eccles, M30 7EY
Received Not publishedCar Park, Bloom Street, Salford, M3 6AG
Received Not publishedBridgewater Cottage, 1 Farm Lane, Worsley, M28 2PU
Received Not publishedCellnex Site At Swinton Park Golf Club, East Lancashire Road, Swinton, M27 5LX
Received Not publishedBrackley Farm , Moss Road, Cadishead, Irlam, Salford, M44 5JU
Received Not published8 Stanley Road, Salford, M7 4EG
Received Not publishedMiddlewood Locks , Land North Of Middlewood Street, And East Of Oldfield Road, Salford, M5 4GU
Received Not published5 Hopefold Drive, Worsley, Salford, M28 3PN
Received Not published46 Wesley Street, Swinton, Salford, M27 6AD
Received Not published5 Laurel Grove, Salford, M5 5FN
Received Not published2 Cleabarrow Drive, Worsley, Salford, M28 1UL
Received Not published170 Barton Lane, Eccles, Salford, M30 0FG
Received Not published6 Keegan Drive, Worsley, M28 1GF
Received Not published11A Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6NZ
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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