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.
11,320 approved · 1,297 refused · 589 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ferguson House, 11 Blackfriars Road, Salford
Received Not published152 The Green, Worsley, M28 2PA
Received Not published10 Fairless Road, Eccles, M30 0HR
Received Not published1 Valdene Drive, Worsley, M28 7HA
Received Not published270, 272 And 274 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 2YJ
Received Not published171 Mossfield Road, Swinton, M27 9TU
Received Not publishedUnit 111, 105 - 117 Broughton Lane, Salford, M7 1UH
Received Not published32-36 , Church Street, Eccles, M30 0DF
Received Not published19 Seedley Road, Salford, M6 5WN
Received Not publishedVacant Land Bounded By, Fairbrother Street, Ordsall Lane And River Irwell, Salford, M5 3EN
Received Not publishedLower Broughton Road, Higher Broughton, Salford, M7 1RE
Received Not published254 Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8ES
Received Not published4 Peel Drive, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 0EJ
Received Not published2 Oaklands Road, Swinton, M27 0ED
Received Not published17 Bay Tree Avenue, Worsley, M28 2NW
Received Not published23 Austen Road, Eccles, M30 0HQ
Received Not published125 Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9HQ
Received Not publishedFormer Manchester Racecourse Turnstiles Building, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published31 Chelford Drive, Swinton, M27 9HJ
Received Not published14 Howclough Drive, Worsley, M28 3FS
Received Not published232 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6UN
Received Not published51 Orient Road, Salford, M6 8LE
Received Not published9 Avondale, Swinton, M27 8QG
Received Not published5 Portland Road, Eccles, M30 9DP
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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