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.
10,656 approved · 1,240 refused · 564 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Dellcot Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PT
Received Not publishedSpringwood Primary School , Barton Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5LP
Received Not published6 Argyle Street, Swinton, Salford, M27 5ZP
Received Not published62 Spa Crescent, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9SL
Received Not published15 Stevenson Road, Swinton, M27 0PU
Received Not published10 Weighbridge Court, Irlam, M44 6TJ
Received Not published61 Caroline Street, Irlam, M44 6AE
Received Not published14 Vauban Drive, Salford, M6 8ET
Received Not published6 Beech Grove, Salford, M6 7EN
Received Not published230 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5LE
Received Not published268 Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 6NA
Received Not published12 Hastings Road, Eccles, M30 8JR
Received Not published1 Thornway, Worsley, M28 1YS
Received Not published8 New Hall Avenue, Salford, M7 4JU
Received Not published43 Woodstock Drive, Worsley, M28 2NP
Received Not publishedWhittlebrook House, Trinity Crescent, Worsley, M28 3LG
Received Not published15 Houghton Lane, Swinton, M27 0DX
Received Not published208A Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9LJ
Received Not published233 Manchester Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4TT
Received Not published15 Woodlands Avenue, Eccles, M30 7GN
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent 411 Bury New Road, Salford
Received Not published25 Alresford Road, Salford, M6 7QJ
Received Not published9 Hunts Road, Salford, M6 7QL
Received Not publishedBoysnope Barn , Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 7RF
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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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.
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