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.
11,413 approved · 1,309 refused · 593 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
72 Hopefold Drive, Worsley, M28 3PW
Received Not published12 Cringlebarrow Close, Worsley, M28 1YG
Received Not publishedRHS Bridgewater, Worsley, M28 1HP
Received Not publishedIslington Mill , James Street, Salford, M3 5HW
Received Not published69 Wyre Drive, Worsley, M28 1HH
Received Not publishedBuilding H2, New Maker Yards , Middlewood Locks , Salford, M5 4GU
Received Not published51-53 The Parade, Swinton, M27 4BD
Received Not published16 Turner Street, Salford, M7 4PD
Received Not published50 Broom Lane, Salford, M7 4FJ
Received Not published718 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 7LW
Received Not published8 Cleveleys Grove, Salford, M7 4DE
Received Not published118 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 0WZ
Received Not publishedSite Of The Former Worsley New Hall, Leigh Road, Salford, M28 2LJ
Received Not publishedStableford Hall, Stableford Avenue, Eccles, Manchester, M30 8AP
Received Not published18 Orvietto Avenue, Salford, M6 8FD
Received Not publishedLand To The North Of Bridge Carrying Agecroft Road (A6044) Over Manchester-Bolton Railway Line
Received Not published21 Hereford Road, Eccles, M30 9BX
Received Not published39-41 Victoria Crescent, Eccles, M30 9AN
Received Not publishedBlock B, Sentinel House, Peel Street, Eccles, M30 0NG
Received Not published110 Station Road, Swinton, M27 6AL
Received Not publishedCanon Green Drive, Salford
Received Not published144 Chatsworth Road, Swinton, M28 2NT
Received Not published31 Bradford Road, Eccles, M30 9FF
Received Not published266 Chorley Road, Swinton
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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