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.
11,348 approved · 1,300 refused · 589 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thorncliffe, 48 Vine Street, Salford, M7 3PG
Received Not publishedSalford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 5AS
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published34 Corbel Way, Eccles, M30 9GH
Received Not publishedManchester Road Methodist Church , 229A Manchester Road, Swinton, M27 4TT
Received Not publishedYeshiva L'zeirim , 33 Legh Street, Salford, M7 4EF
Received Not published620-624 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 7NA
Received Not publishedRear Of 1 Ermen Road, Eccles, M30 7AR
Received Not publishedVarious Locations Within An Area Encompassed By, Corner Of Great Cheetham Street West And Lower Broughton Road, , Salford, , M7 2HR
Received Not published3 Weston Avenue, Swinton, M27 6PH
Received Not published4 Lonsdale Avenue, Swinton, M27 0BS
Received Not published60 Lambton Road, Worsley, M28 2ST
Received Not published394-400 , Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 8QD
Received Not published394-400 , Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 8QD
Received Not publishedFormer Brown Cow Public House, 319 Worsley Road, Eccles, M30 8BW
Received Not published20 Bradford Road, Eccles, M30 9FT
Received Not publishedBrown Cow , 319 Worsley Road, Eccles, M30 8BW
Received Not publishedMoor End Court , Bury New Road, Salford, M7 3PA
Received Not publishedLand Rear Of, Greylag Crescent, Worsley
Received Not publishedLand Facing 28 To 40, Havenscroft Avenue, Eccles
Received Not publishedVerge Fronting 7 Ryecroft Lane, Worsley, M28 2PN
Received Not publishedLand At 373916 And 401720 (rear Of Woodland Grange), East Lancashire Road, Swinton
Received Not publishedLand At The Delph, Worsley Road, Worsley
Received Not published29 Fire Station Square, Salford, M5 4NZ
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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