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.
11,497 approved · 1,320 refused · 598 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Botany Road, Eccles, M30 8JS
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published26 Hartis Avenue, Salford, M7 4RA
Received Not published53 Broughton Lane, Salford, M8 9UE
Received Not published17 Manchester Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 5EX
Received Not published43 Broadway, Worsley, M28 7FA
Received Not published44 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, M30 9JH
Received Not published10 Vicarage Road, Irlam, M44 6WA
Received Not published16 Worsley Road North, Worsley, M28 3GW
Received Not published22 Goulden Street, Salford, M6 5PY
Received Not publishedChomlea , 1A Longley Drive, Worsley, M28 2TP
Received Not publishedThe Stable Block, Islington Mill, James Street, Salford, M3 5HW
Received Not publishedThe Stable Block, Islington Mill, James Street, Salford, M3 5HW
Received Not published25 Moorside Road, Salford, M7 3PJ
Received Not published4 Doefield Avenue, Worsley, M28 7GT
Received Not publishedFootbridge At Salford Crescent Railway Station, University Road, Salford
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Linden Cottage, Cavendish Road, Salford, M7 4NQ
Received Not published53 Weymouth Road, Eccles, M30 8NN
Received Not published23 Fairway, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4JD
Received Not publishedCampbell Road Playing Fields, Campbell Road, Swinton, Manchester
Received Not published8 Park Bank , Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 5HP
Received Not publishedFormer Gullivers Truck Hire, Langley Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M6 6FG
Received Not published301 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2RZ
Received Not publishedLand North Of Senior Street, Springfield Lane, Salford
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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