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.
10,919 approved · 1,258 refused · 575 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Bridge Street, New Bailey Street, Riverside Estate, Salford, M3 5AA
Received Not published22 Maple Road, Swinton, M27 5GU
Received Not publishedFaulkner House, Elm Street, Swinton, M27 6AJ
Received Not published19 Burnside Avenue, Salford, M6 8NS
Received Not published123 Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9HQ
Received Not published44 Shaftesbury Road, Swinton, M27 5SZ
Received Not publishedLand Off Highclove Lane , Boothstown, Salford, M28 1ZQ
Received Not publishedSalford Skills Centre, 2 Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 4LE
Received Not publishedThe Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not published151 Station Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 6BU
Received Not published12 Greencroft Road, Eccles, M30 8HL
Received Not publishedOaklands Hospital, 19 Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8AQ
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Trinity Way, Blackfriars Road, Bury Street And Garden Lane, Salford, Salford, M3 7DH
Received Not published167 Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2SJ
Received Not published231 Rake Lane, Clifton, Swinton, M27 8RJ
Received Not published344 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 0EF
Received Not publishedBus Shelter 193, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester
Received Not published8 Lambton Road, Worsley, M28 2ST
Received Not published26 Moat Hall Avenue, Eccles, M30 7LR
Received Not published478-482 , Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9NS
Received Not publishedRear Of 53 , Broughton Lane, Salford, M8 9UE
Received Not published47 Guildford Road, Salford, M6 8PT
Received Not publishedWheatsheaf Industrial Estate , Labtec Street, Swinton, Salford, M27 8SE
Received Not published148 Chatsworth Road, Swinton, M28 2NT
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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