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.
11,422 approved · 1,309 refused · 593 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Kara Street And Liverpool Street, Salford, M6 5GG
Received Not published28 Lullington Road, Salford, M6 8QP
Received Not publishedStreet Record, East Lancashire Road, Worsley
Received Not publishedThe Poet's Estate, Swinton, Salford, M27 0PU
Received Not published22 Orchard Avenue, Worsley, M28 1FT
Received Not publishedEastham Way, Little Hulton, M38 9GR
Received Not publishedCanon Green Drive, Salford, M3 7DB
Received Not published6 Kiel Close, Eccles, M30 0LE
Received Not published88 - 90 Church Street, Eccles, M30 0DA
Received Not published41 Ryecroft Lane, Worsley, M28 2PN
Received Not published7 Blantyre Road, Swinton, M27 5ER
Received Not publishedPortfolio Kitchens Part Ground Floor, 186 Moorside Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 9LE
Received Not published34 Moss Lane, Worsley, M28 3NF
Received Not publishedIrlam Gateway Service Station , Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 6FW
Received Not publishedMiddlewood Locks , Land North Of Middlewood Street, And East Of Oldfield Road, Salford, M5 4GU
Received Not publishedOn The Footpath Adjacent To JR Barlow & Son Funeral Directors And Opposite To Borough Social Club Ltd
Received Not publishedSoccer Dome, Trafford Way, Trafford Park, Manchester, M17 8DD
Received Not publishedCity Suites , 16 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 7NH
Received Not publishedSite To The West Of Kenyon Way, Little Hulton
Received Not published6 Egerton Grove, Worsley, M28 3LH
Received Not publishedClifton Industrial Estate, Rake Lane, Clifton, M27 8LP
Received Not publishedWhitehead Landfill Site, Vicars Hall Lane, Worsley
Received Not publishedLand Off Hall Lane, Partington
Received Not publishedBridgewater Mill, Legh Street
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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