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.
10,805 approved · 1,252 refused · 571 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Windmill Road, Worsley, Manchester, M28 3RP
Received Not published82 Ash Drive, Worsley, M27 9RR
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent Red Rose Retail Park, Regent Road, Salford, M5 3GR
Received Not published3 West Drive, Swinton, M27 4ED
Received Not publishedNewhaven Business Park , Barton Lane, Eccles, Salford, M30 0HH
Received Not publishedSw Opposite De La Salle Playing Fields , Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8AQ
Received Not publishedSalford Sports Village , 325 Littleton Road, Salford, M7 3NQ
Received Not published6 Greylag Crescent, Worsley, M28 7AB
Received Not publishedGround Floor , 1 Bridgewater Road, Worsley, M28 3JE
Received Not published221 - 223 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 4TD
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Salford , 5 Cockcroft Road, Salford, M5 4NT
Received Not published0206-5001 & 5002 Outside And Opposite , 139 Chorley Road , Swinton, M27 5AP
Received Not publishedPlot H, Logistics North Land Off Lomax Way , (Logistics North Spine Road) , Logistics North , Salford
Received Not published6 Thornlea Avenue, Swinton, M27 0BG
Received Not publishedMonton Unitarian Church , Monton Green, Eccles, M30 8AP
Received Not publishedMoat Hall Sports Centre Eccles Arlfc , Hallsworth Road, Eccles, M30 7LS
Received Not publishedIslington Mill , James Street, Salford, M3 5HW
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Greengate, Collier Street, Queen And King Street And Gravel Lane , M3 7BN
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not publishedMoss House Farm , Moss Lane, Glazebrook, Irlam, WA3 5PL
Received Not publishedKemball House , Clarendon Road, Eccles, M30 9AD
Received Not published31 Suffolk Street, Salford, M6 6DQ
Received Not published92 Overdale, Swinton, M27 5WZ
Received Not publishedLowry Hotel, 50 Dearmans Place, Salford, M3 5LH
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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