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.
10,809 approved · 1,252 refused · 571 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Hillfield Drive, Worsley, M28 1WD
Received Not published25 Worcester Road, Salford, M6 8PN
Received Not published53 Somerset Road, Eccles, M30 9BT
Received Not publishedPlot D3 , White, Media City Uk, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not publishedOpposite 24 Chestnut Road , Eccles
Received Not publishedAdjacent To 16 Worsley Street , Pendlebury, Swinton
Received Not publishedMulberry, Sycamore & Magnolia Courts , Mulberry Road, Salford, M6 5FQ
Received Not publishedPlot E7/E8 Of The Salford Central Masterplan Area Approved Under Permission 09/57950/EIAHYB. Land Bound By Chapel Street To The North, North Star Drive To The South, Islington Street To The West And Islington Park To The East.
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5JT
Received Not publishedLand To The Side Of 8 The Pingot, Irlam, M44 6JR
Received Not publishedBrown Cow , 319 Worsley Road, Eccles, M30 8BW
Received Not published21 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 7BA
Received Not published57 Normanby Street, Swinton, M27 9TL
Received Not publishedDuncan Street, Salford
Received Not publishedBury New Road, Salford
Received Not publishedFormer Harrop Fold School Site , Longshaw Drive, Little Hulton, Worsley, M28 0AZ
Received Not publishedEast Lancashire Road, Swinton, M28 1ZF
Received Not published1-32 , Halton Bank, Salford, M6 7AB
Received Not published39 Cairn Drive, Salford, M6 6EF
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published42 Captain Fold Road, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9SX
Received Not publishedUnit 400 , Metroplex Business Park, Broadway, Salford, M50 2UE
Received Not publishedEccles Leisure Centre , Barton Lane, Eccles, M30 0DD
Received Not published38 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 5WW
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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