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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.
11,392 approved · 1,306 refused · 592 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Liverpool Street, Salford
Received Not publishedCromwell Road, M6 6SX
Received Not publishedLiverpool Road, Irlam
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5JT
Received Not published575 Manchester Road, Worsley, M27 9QL
Received Not published40 Acresfield Road, Salford, M6 7GE
Received Not publishedWaterside , 1 Parrin Lane, Eccles, M30 8AN
Received Not publishedThe Spinney, 482 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2WH
Received Not published71 Chatsworth Road, Swinton, M28 2WS
Received Not publishedWorsley Road, Worsley, M28 2SN
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent 130 , Manchester Road, Worsley, M28 3FU
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5JT
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5JT
Received Not publishedLand Between 97 And 99 , Hazelhurst Road, Worsley, M28 2SW
Received Not publishedLand Between 97 And 99, Hazelhurst Road, Worsley
Received Not published15 Chatsworth Road, Worsley, M28 2NU
Received Not published5 Worsley Avenue, Worsley, M28 0HQ
Received Not published26 Ash Grove, Worsley, M28 7EH
Received Not publishedSW On, Broadway 2, Broadway , Salford, M50 2TS
Received Not publishedLittle Bolton Terrace, Salford, M5 5BD
Received Not publishedBnos Yisroel School , Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4DA
Received Not published22 New Hall Road, Salford, M7 4HQ
Received Not published2 Merrydale Avenue, Eccles, M30 9DS
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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