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.
10,597 approved · 1,232 refused · 558 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kenny Waste Management , Lester Road, Little Hulton, M38 0PT
Received Not publishedPlot D3 , White, Media City Uk, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not publishedPlot D3 , White, Media City Uk, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not published17 Nelson Street, Broughton, Salford, M7 1NB
Received Not publishedLady Hale Building, University Of Salford, Cockcroft Road, Salford
Received Not published232 Leigh Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 1LE
Received Not published43 St Georges Crescent, Salford, M6 8JN
Received Not publishedEllesmere Lodge , 28 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9RT
Received Not published68 Bridgewater Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 3AE
Received Not publishedSpringwood Primary School, Craig Hall And Former Munchkins Nursery, Preston Avenue, Irlam, M44 5XB
Received Not publishedLand At , Worrall Street, Salford, M5 4TH
Received Not published147 Worsley Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 8LY
Received Not published5 Woodlands Avenue, Swinton, Salford, M27 0DJ
Received Not publishedMonton Unitarian Church , Monton Green, Eccles, Monton, M30 8AP
Received Not publishedLand Between 1 To 5 , Old Hall Road, Salford, M7 4JJ
Received Not published34 Cannon Street, Eccles, Salford, M30 0FT
Received Not published4 Dovedale Avenue, Eccles, Salford, M30 9JA
Received Not published70 Wardley Hall Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2RL
Received Not publishedGround Floor Front, Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 0PF
Received Not published4 Billington Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 8SW
Received Not published14 Carolina Way, Salford, M50 2ZY
Received Not publishedOtterburn House, Monton Road, Eccles
Received Not published15 Limefield Road, Salford, M7 4LZ
Received Not publishedPavement Outside 5 The Coppice, Swinton
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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