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.
10,741 approved · 1,247 refused · 568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Castleton Road, Salford, M7 4GU
Received Not published22 And 24 Shaftesbury Avenue, Eccles, M30 7AN
Received Not published16 Harbourne Close, Worsley, M28 7UA
Received Not publishedLand Between Graythorpe Walk And, Aylesbury Close, Salford
Received Not published37 Half Edge Lane, Eccles, M30 9AY
Received Not published496 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 7HZ
Received Not published254 Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 6WG
Received Not published30 Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6NY
Received Not published246 Weaste Lane, Salford, M5 5HF
Received Not published36 Lynthorpe Avenue, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5JQ
Received Not publishedWenlock Street, Adjacent To 252 Moorside Road, Swinton
Received Not publishedAdjacent To 21 Bolton Road, Salford
Received Not publishedShowmans Guild Site, Broadway, Salford, M50 2UG
Received Not published81-85 Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9WU
Received Not published95-96 , Albany Way, Salford, M6 5HR
Received Not published34 Cholmondeley Road, Salford, M6 8NH
Received Not published43 Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1HP
Received Not published1 Lumns Lane, Swinton, M27 8LN
Received Not publishedLand South Of Leigh Road, Worsley
Received Not publishedBijou, 1 - 7 Chapel Street, Salford
Received Not publishedStott Lane Car Park, Stott Lane, Salford, M6 8HD
Received Not published184-186 , Trafford Road, Eccles, M30 0JP
Received Not publishedPeel Mill Cottage, Peel Lane, Little Hulton, M28 0EL
Received Not published33 Godolphin Close, Eccles, M30 9EW
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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