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.
10,791 approved · 1,250 refused · 569 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Somerset Road, Eccles, M30 9BT
Received Not publishedThe Beeches , Sandwich Road, Eccles, M30 9DX
Received Not publishedPark Drive, Eccles, M30 9JR
Received Not publishedEast Lancashire Road, Swinton
Received Not published5 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4AS
Received Not publishedDock Office, Trafford Road, Salford, M50 3AA
Received Not publishedDock Office, Trafford Road, Salford, M50 3AA
Received Not published63 Weymouth Road, Eccles, M30 8TH
Received Not publishedPremier Inn North Tower, Victoria Bridge Street
Received Not publishedUnits 1 & 2, Ravenscraig Road, Little Hulton, M38 9PU
Received Not published92 Welwyn Drive, Salford, M6 7PN
Received Not published6 Cavendish Grove, Eccles, M30 9HR
Received Not publishedBuilding 4, Anchorage, Anchorage Quay, Salford, M50 3XE
Received Not publishedMiddlewood Locks , Land North Of Middlewood Street, And East Of Oldfield Road, Salford, M5 4GU
Received Not published20 Modwen Road, Salford, M5 3EZ
Received Not publishedCar Park, Grove Street, Salford
Received Not publishedClifton Centre, 117 Silverdale, Clifton, Swinton, M27 8GW
Received Not publishedLowry Outlet, The Quays, Salford, M50 3UB
Received Not publishedSalford City Football Club , Moor Lane, Salford, M7 3PZ
Received Not publishedEmbankment , 100 Greengate, Salford, M3 1RJ
Received Not published64 Blandford Road, Salford, M6 6BE
Received Not publishedCanon Green Drive, Salford, M3 7DB
Received Not published3 Park Grove, Worsley, M28 7EB
Received Not publishedMotorsave Ltd, Barkan Way, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8SF
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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