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.
11,417 approved · 1,309 refused · 593 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
206 Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LW
Received Not publishedOpposite 256 Old Clough Lane, Walkden, M28 2JB
Received Not publishedLeicester Road, Broughton Park, Salford, M7 4DA
Received Not published3C Portland Road, Swinton, M27 5EQ
Received Not published27 Lorna Way, Irlam, M44 6GJ
Received Not publishedMachester Cathedral , , Victoria Street, , Manchester, , M3 1SX
Received Not publishedLand At Summerseat Close, Salford, M5 3JQ
Received Not published170 Chaddock Lane, Worsley, M28 1DF
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Salford, , University House, Crescent, Salford, M5 4BR
Received Not published192 Old Clough Lane, Worsley, M28 7JA
Received Not published154 Derby Road, Salford, M5 5BB
Received Not published48 Wyre Drive, Worsley, M28 1HH
Received Not publishedEast Lancashire Road, Worsley
Received Not published17 Saltire Gardens, Salford, M7 4BG
Received Not published1 Kays Gardens, Salford, M3 6BW
Received Not publishedNewton Annexe, University Of Salford, University Road, Salford
Received Not published191 Liverpool Road, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5XH
Received Not published23 King Street, Higher Broughton, Salford, M7 4PU
Received Not publishedTechnology House, Lissadel Street/Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6AJ
Received Not published85 Ringlow Park Road, Swinton, M27 0HE
Received Not published48 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, M30 9JH
Received Not published26 Dartford Avenue, Eccles, M30 8NF
Received Not published37 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9JH
Received Not published37 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, M30 9JH
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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