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.
10,850 approved · 1,254 refused · 573 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
92 Phoebe Street, Salford, M5 3PH
Received Not published12 Caldy Road, Salford, M6 7FU
Received Not published9 Rands Clough Drive, Worsley, M28 1HJ
Received Not published86 The Crescent, Irlam, M44 6EG
Received Not publishedWeir Site, Adelphi Street, Salford
Received Not publishedLand North Of Middlewood Street, East Of Oldfield Road, Salford
Received Not published36 Irlam Avenue, Eccles, M30 0JR
Received Not published5 Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2NN
Received Not published5 Belgrave Crescent, Eccles, M30 9AE
Received Not publishedAldi, 51 Swinton Hall Road, Swinton, M27 4BL
Received Not publishedTraffic Island Of The Crescent (A6) & University Road , Outside Salford Crescent Station, Salford , M5 4BR
Received Not publishedUnit 4, Wardley Industrial Estate, Holloway Drive, Worsley, Manchester, M28 2LA
Received Not publishedThree Sisters, Chatsworth Road, Eccles, M30 9FA
Received Not published25 Fairmount Road, Swinton, M27 0EP
Received Not published81-83 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5DF
Received Not published81-83 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5DF
Received Not publishedLand Rear Of, 300 Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LH
Received Not publishedLand Between 468 And 474 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 8UR
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To, 8 May Street, Eccles, M30 8DA
Received Not published38 Woodford Drive, Swinton, M27 9UA
Received Not publishedUnit A2 Lyntown Trading Estate , Old Wellington Road, Eccles, M30 9QG
Received Not published18 Poplar Road, Swinton, M27 0HL
Received Not publishedThe Spinney , 482 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2WH
Received Not published37 Barton Road, Worsley, M28 2PD
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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