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.
10,786 approved · 1,250 refused · 569 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Conway Avenue, Irlam, M44 6ZG
Received Not published284 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 0AG
Received Not publishedEccles Old Road, Salford
Received Not published11 Granary Lane, Worsley, M28 2PH
Received Not publishedLand At Knights Grove, Swinton
Received Not published151 Swinton Hall Road, Swinton, M27 4AU
Received Not published4 Vestris Drive, Salford, M6 8EL
Received Not published114 Doveleys Road, Salford, M6 8QW
Received Not publishedBuilding 3, Anchorage , Anchorage Quay, Salford, M50 3XE
Received Not published11 Blyton Lane, Salford, M7 3BR
Received Not published9 Norbury Grove, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, M27 6DR
Received Not published87 And 89 Rocky Lane Including Land To The Rear., Eccles, M30 9LS
Received Not published6 Sandwich Road, Eccles, M30 9HD
Received Not published20 Brantwood Road, Salford, M7 4FL
Received Not published69 Hopefold Drive, Worsley, M28 3PW
Received Not publishedAleef Shell Garage , Regent Road, Salford, M5 4TS
Received Not publishedTall Trees , Westfield Street, Salford, M7 4NG
Received Not publishedIngleside , Swinton Park Road, Salford, M6 7PA
Received Not published29 Westminster Road, Eccles, M30 9EA
Received Not publishedLand North Of Senior Street, Springfield Lane, Salford
Received Not published28 Milford Street, Salford, M6 5GQ
Received Not published131 Claremont Road, Salford, M6 8NL
Received Not publishedArthur Millwood Court Rodney Street And, Canon Hussey Court Islington Way, Salford
Received Not published22 Sandiway, Irlam, M44 6EF
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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