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.
10,686 approved · 1,245 refused · 567 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The Side Of 8 The Pingot, Irlam, M44 6JR
Received Not publishedMarriott Manchester Hotel Country Club , Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2QT
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Salford , Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT
Received Not publishedOaklands Hospital , 19 Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8AQ
Received Not published190 Peel Green Road, Eccles, M30 7DS
Received Not published44 Lymefield Drive, Worsley, M28 1NA
Received Not published40-44 , Church Street, Eccles, M30 0DF
Received Not publishedLand At The Junction Of Langworthy Road And , Eccles New Road , Salford, M5 4UF
Received Not published4 Merebank Close, Worsley, M28 0AS
Received Not published95 Seedley Park Road, Salford, M6 5WU
Received Not published12 May Road, Swinton, M27 5FR
Received Not published3663 First For Food Services Ltd , Langley Road South, Salford, M6 6TZ
Received Not published53 Arthur Street, Swinton, M27 0HP
Received Not published428 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2EW
Received Not publishedFurness Quay, Salford, M50 3XZ
Received Not published6 Gatemere Close, Worsley, M28 7UY
Received Not published5 Old Vicarage Gardens, Worsley, M28 3JR
Received Not publishedLand Surrounding , Stanley Street Bound By Trinity Way, Irwell Street And , River Irwell, M3 5DA
Received Not published17 Wensley Road, Salford, M7 3GJ
Received Not published55 Montonfields Road, Eccles, M30 8AW
Received Not publishedTrees Located Within The Highways Along Rutland Road And Sandwich Road. And Trees In Private Gardens Of 1, 11 And 12 Rutland Road And 23 Clarendon Crescent
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not publishedBrackley Lodge , Clarendon Crescent, Eccles, M30 9BB
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
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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