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.
10,624 approved · 1,237 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Embankment West Tower , 1A Greengate, Salford, M3 7FA
Received Not publishedLand To The West Of , Michigan Avenue, Salford, M50 2GY
Received Not published27 Moorfield Road, Salford, M6 7EY
Received Not published8 Canal Bank, Eccles, Salford, M30 8AF
Received Not publishedLand Between Crosby Avenue And, Crompton Street, Worsley, M28 3HP
Received Not published26 Ladymere Drive, Worsley, Salford, M28 7DH
Received Not published23 Ashley Drive, Swinton, Salford, M27 0AU
Received Not published173 Cross Lane, Salford, M5 4AP
Received Not published260 And 262 Middleton Road, Manchester, M8 4WA
Received Not publishedLongoaks , Dixon Drive, Swinton, Salford, M27 6WG
Received Not publishedFormer St Lukes Church Of England Primary School , Eccles New Road, Salford, M5 5NX
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 44, Haddon Road, Eccles
Received Not published42 Corrie Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 8HD
Received Not published15 Mardale Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 0YJ
Received Not publishedFormer Irwell Valley Campus , Off Blandford Road, Blandford Road, Salford, M6 6BD
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Salford , Crescent, Salford, Salford, M5 4WT
Received Not published3 Glendale Road, Eccles, M30 9AQ
Received Not published61 Ashbourne Grove, Salford, M7 4DB
Received Not published21 Eastmoor, Worsley, Salford, M28 1YU
Received Not published1A Garden Street, Eccles, Salford, M30 0EZ
Received Not published1 Denstone Avenue, Eccles, Salford, M30 9LB
Received Not publishedTaylorson Street Street Works , Taylorson Street , Salford, M5 3HA
Received Not published311 - 313 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5JY
Received Not publishedEmr , West Egerton Street, Salford, M5 4LG
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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