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.
11,016 approved · 1,266 refused · 580 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Cartmel Grove, Worsley, Salford, M28 2SF
Received Not published7 Lawson Close, Worsley, Salford, M28 2JQ
Received Not publishedLand Bound By , Hulme Street, Gaythorn Street And , Upper Wharf Street , Salford, M5 4PX
Received Not published41 Humber Street, Salford, M50 1EB
Received Not published31 Upper Park Road, Salford, M7 4JB
Received Not published18 Elm Tree Road, Salford, M6 6GR
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Derwent Street, Ordsall Lane, South Hall Street And The River Irwell, Salford, M5 4SZ
Received Not publishedWainwrights Farm , Folly Lane, Swinton, Salford, M27 0DW
Received Not published10 Arlington Avenue, Swinton, Salford, M27 0AQ
Received Not published21 Sandwich Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9DX
Received Not published64 Broadway, Salford, Salford, M50 2UW
Received Not published1 Elm Grove, Worsley, Salford, M27 9QB
Received Not published9 Rothesay Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 4HU
Received Not published675 To 677 Liverpool Road, Irlam, Salford, M44 5GQ
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Greengate, Collier Street, Queen And King Street And Gravel Lane , M3 7BN
Received Not published19 Denstone Road, M6 7FG
Received Not publishedLand Off Lansdowne Road, Eccles, M30 9PD
Received Not published15 Briarfield Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 1GQ
Received Not publishedRed Lion Hotel , 279 Bolton Road, Salford, M6 7GU
Received Not published97 Arthur Street, Swinton, Salford, M27 0JZ
Received Not published64 Upper Park Road, Salford, M7 4JA
Received Not published2 Winchester Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9BS
Received Not published10 Holly Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 0DY
Received Not publishedNook Lane, Astley Moss, Astley
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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