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.
10,727 approved · 1,247 refused · 568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Strawberry Hill, Salford, M6 6AH
Received Not publishedThe Henry Boddington , 219 Bolton Road, Swinton, M27 8TG
Received Not publishedThe Henry Boddington , 219 Bolton Road, Swinton, M27 8TG
Received Not publishedPlot 1 New Bailey / Plots B2/B3 Salford Central Masterplan At Land Southwest New Bailey Street And Southeast Salford Central Station , M3 5ET
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5JT
Received Not publishedLand To The North Of Priory Grove, Salford, M7 2HF
Received Not published19 Thornhill Drive, Worsley, M28 7FT
Received Not publishedBalmoral And Sandringham House, Windsor Street, Salford, M5 4DG
Received Not published27 Ridgeway, Clifton, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8QW
Received Not published257 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3WH
Received Not publishedGateway Building , 5 Anchorage Quay, Salford, M50 3XE
Received Not publishedSwinton Hall Nursing Home , 188 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 5SN
Received Not published184 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 7FQ
Received Not publishedLand Bound By , Hulme Street, Gaythorn Street And , Upper Wharf Street , Salford, M5 4PX
Received Not publishedRyecroft, 10 Aviary Road, Worsley, M28 2WF
Received Not publishedMoat Hall Sports Centre Eccles Arlfc , Hallsworth Road, Eccles, M30 7LS
Received Not published9 Parkstone Drive, Swinton, M27 5NB
Received Not publishedVerge Fronting 5, Beanfields, Worsley
Received Not publishedIrwell House , 40-42 Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6NY
Received Not published257 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3WH
Received Not publishedCentral Railway Viaduct, New Bailey Street, Salford
Received Not publishedCentral Railway Viaduct, New Bailey Street, Salford
Received Not published1 Hayfield Road, Salford, M6 8PZ
Received Not published30 Corporation Road, Eccles, M30 0EQ
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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