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.
11,088 approved · 1,270 refused · 581 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Broadway, Worsley, Salford, M28 7DS
Received Not published12 Delaford Avenue, Worsley, Salford, M28 2QS
Received Not published11 The Chanters, Worsley, Salford, M28 7XL
Received Not publishedAdelphi Wharf 2, 9A Adelphi Street, Salford, M3 6FZ
Received Not published27 Woodstock Drive, Worsley, M28 2NP
Received Not published260 And 262 Middleton Road, , Manchester, , M8 4WA
Received Not publishedFormer Irwell Valley Campus , Off Blandford Road, Blandford Road, Salford, M6 6BD
Received Not publishedFootway Of Gore Crescent , Salford, M5 5NT
Received Not publishedPlot C2 , Stanley Street, Salford Central
Received Not publishedVita Salford, Seaford Road, Salford, M6 6AQ
Received Not published17 Orient Road, Salford, M6 8LB
Received Not published17 Orient Road, Salford, M6 8LB
Received Not published9 Dryden Avenue, Swinton, Salford, M27 0JY
Received Not published188 Chatsworth Road, Worsley, M28 2GF
Received Not published63 Ringlow Park Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 0HA
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To The 'Riverside' Building, New Bailey Street, Salford, M3 5FS
Received Not published8 Barrowshaw Close, Worsley, Salford, M28 0GF
Received Not publishedCathedral Church Of St John The Evangelist , 250 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5LE
Received Not published40 Mildred Street, Salford, M7 2HG
Received Not publishedVacant Plot Side Garden Of, 5 Old Hall Road, Salford
Received Not publishedLand Fronting 57 And 59, Park Road, Eccles
Received Not publishedBrindley Arms , Whittle Street, Worsley, Salford, M28 3WY
Received Not published33 Broomhall Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 8XR
Received Not published608 Liverpool Road, Irlam, Salford, M44 5AA
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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