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.
10,969 approved · 1,262 refused · 576 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Sandwich Road, Eccles , M30 9DX
Received Not published60A Cavendish Road, Eccles, M30 9EF
Received Not published6 Chatsworth Road, Eccles, M30 9DY
Received Not published8 Chatsworth Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9DY
Received Not publishedSpectrum, Commercial Unit Block 10 , Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7EA
Received Not published37 Legh Street, Salford, M7 4EF
Received Not published7 Colling Close, Irlam, Salford, M44 6BY
Received Not published18 Peel Lane, Little Hulton, Worsley, Salford, M38 0BS
Received Not published27 Wellington Terrace, Salford, M5 5HR
Received Not publishedAdvertisement Board , Liverpool Street Opposite Blutcher Street, Salford, M5 4LT
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Greengate, Collier Street, Queen And King Street And Gravel Lane , M3 7BN
Received Not published46 Rands Clough Drive, Worsley, Salford, M28 1HJ
Received Not published87 Greenleach Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2RT
Received Not published507 Manchester Road, Worsley, Salford, M27 9QN
Received Not publishedFormer Greenheys Youth Centre, Highfield Road, Little Hulton, M38 9SR
Received Not published16 Merlewood Drive, Swinton, M27 0ER
Received Not published4 Finstock Close, Eccles, M30 7NP
Received Not published9 Rydal Crescent, Worsley, Salford, M28 7JE
Received Not published536 Bolton Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 4DL
Received Not published156 The Green, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PA
Received Not published15 Victoria Crescent, Eccles, M30 9AN
Received Not published1A Garden Street, Eccles, Salford, M30 0EZ
Received Not published6 Chatsworth Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9DY
Received Not published29 Chatsworth Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9DZ
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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