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.
11,245 approved · 1,288 refused · 587 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Littleton Road , Pendleton , Salford , M7 3GZ
Received Not publishedStation Road , Swinton , M27 6BZ
Received Not published208 Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8AL
Received Not published9 Hawthorn Avenue, Eccles, M30 9NE
Received Not published39 Alpha Street, Salford, M6 5JY
Received Not published30 Sindsley Road, Swinton, M27 9UZ
Received Not published12 Godmond Hall Drive, Worsley, M28 1YF
Received Not publishedOutside The Alchemist , North Bay Bridge, The Quays, Salford, M50 3AB
Received Not publishedOutside The Alchemist , North Bay Bridge, The Quays, Salford, M50 3AB
Received Not publishedLand At Manchester Road And Moss Lane , Walkden
Received Not published51 Cavendish Road, Salford, M7 4WP
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Land At Mountheath Industrial Estate, George Street, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9WB
Received Not published11 Waterslea, Eccles, M30 0SR
Received Not published1 Salisbury Road, Eccles, M30 9BQ
Received Not published68 Upper Park Road, Salford, M7 4JA
Received Not published9 Duchy Avenue, Worsley, M28 7HB
Received Not published254 Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LF
Received Not published45 Langland Drive, Eccles, M30 7NJ
Received Not publishedLand North Of Simpson Grove And East Of Border Brook Lane , Worsley , M28 1LY
Received Not publishedNew Kings Head Yard Car Park , New Kings Head Yard, Salford, M3 7AE
Received Not publishedRHS Bridgewater, Worsley, M28 1HP
Received Not publishedLand At The Junction Of Langworthy Road And , Eccles New Road , Salford, M5 4UF
Received Not publishedLand To Rear Of, 23 Townsgate Way, Irlam, M44 6RL
Received Not publishedLand Facing Playing Fields, Duchy Road, Salford, M6 7JQ
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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