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.
10,777 approved · 1,248 refused · 569 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Virginia Drive, Swinton, M27 8BR
Received Not publishedJunction Of Barton Lane / Boardman Street , Eccles , M30 0FR
Received Not publishedUnit E Houston Park , Montford Street , Salford , M502RP
Received Not publishedChandos Sports And Social Club , Chandos Grove, Salford, M5 5LJ
Received Not publishedSt Pauls Church Of England Primary School , Cross Lane, Salford, M5 4AL
Received Not published34 Highbury Avenue, Irlam, M44 6BT
Received Not published4 Goodshaw Road, Worsley, M28 7GJ
Received Not published10 Peel Drive, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 0EJ
Received Not published21 Mulgrave Road, Worsley, M28 2RW
Received Not published9 Cavendish Grove, Eccles, M30 9HR
Received Not published8 Russell Drive, Irlam, M44 6NQ
Received Not published281A Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6AZ
Received Not published250 To 251 Beesley Green, Worsley, M28 2QW
Received Not publishedFormer Cutacre Open-cast Mining Site, Land To The South Of The A6 (Salford Road/Manchester Road West)
Received Not publishedMoorfield Cottage , 6 Moorside Road, Swinton, M27 0EW
Received Not published209 Manchester Road, Clifton, Swinton, M27 6PN
Received Not published47 Kenyon Way, Little Hulton, M38 0EP
Received Not published187 Old Clough Lane, Worsley, M28 7JA
Received Not published18 Claude Avenue, Swinton, M27 9PF
Received Not published299 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 0AR
Received Not published168 - 172 Liverpool Road, Cadishead, M44 5DD
Received Not published23 Clifford Street, Eccles, M30 7HR
Received Not published71 Barton Road, Eccles, M30 7AE
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Salford, Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT
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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