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.
11,400 approved · 1,309 refused · 592 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sharp Street, Worsley
Received Not publishedLittleton Road, Salford
Received Not publishedLand Of Kenyon Way, Little Hulton, M38 0BU
Received Not publishedLand At , Hollin Wood, M28 1JB
Received Not publishedLand Between Clarendon Place And Eccles Congregational Church , Wellington Road, Eccles, M30 0NP
Received Not published29 Sutherland Street, Eccles, M30 8BR
Received Not published57 Roberts Street, Eccles, M30 0FX
Received Not published272 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 9UW
Received Not published230 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5LE
Received Not publishedDavid Lewis Recreation Ground, Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6AW
Received Not publishedHarbour City Multi Storey Car Park, The Quays, Salford, M50 3SP
Received Not publishedFormer Irlam Conservative Club , Astley Road, Irlam, M44 6AB
Received Not publishedUnit 14 And 2, Walkden Town Centre, New Ellesmere Approach, Bolton Road, Worsley, M28 3ZH
Received Not publishedOutside Fultons Foods , 49 - 51 Market Way, Salford, M6 5HG
Received Not publishedOutside Fultons Foods , 49 - 51 Market Way, Salford, M6 5HG
Received Not publishedLand On The South West Side Of , Michigan Avenue, Salford, M50 2GY
Received Not published2 Welbeck Road, Worsley, M28 2SL
Received Not published27 Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7AQ
Received Not publishedUnit 1 And Unit 2, Ellesmere Retail Park, New Ellesmere Approach, Worsley, M28 3EE
Received Not publishedUnit 1 And Unit 2, Ellesmere Retail Park, New Ellesmere Approach, Worsley, M28 3EE
Received Not publishedNevile Court , Nevile Road, Salford, M7 3BS
Received Not published1 Emlyn Street, Worsley, M28 3JZ
Received Not publishedOutside Peel Green Cemetary, Port Salford Greenway, Manchester, M30 7LS
Received Not published402 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3AW
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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