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.
11,453 approved · 1,313 refused · 595 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site On, Clifford Street, Eccles, Manchester
Received Not publishedSalford Rugby Football Club Limited, Willows Road, Salford, M5 5FQ
Received Not publishedFormer Cutacre Open-cast Mining Site, Land To The South Of The A6 (Salford Road/Manchester Road West), M29 8NB
Received Not publishedLand North Of 297, Swinton Hall Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester
Received Not published32 Southway, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0LJ
Received Not published38 Lambton Road, Worsley, M28 2ST
Received Not publishedFlat 23 Limefield Court , Limefield Road, Salford, M7 4LT
Received Not publishedFlat Above , 60 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 0WA
Received Not published196 Station Road, Swinton, M27 6BY
Received Not publishedSwinton Leisure Centre , 1 Wellington Road, Swinton, M27 4BR
Received Not published58 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 5AD
Received Not published12 Sapling Road, Swinton, M27 0BZ
Received Not publishedHoly Cross And All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School , Trafford Road, Eccles, M30 0JA
Received Not publishedPark House Railway Bridge, Park House Bridge Road, Swinton, Manchester
Received Not published4 Roe Green, Worsley, M28 2JB
Received Not published27 Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7AQ
Received Not published12 Ashford Avenue, Worsley, M28 1JJ
Received Not publishedFairhope Court, 3 Fairhope Avenue, Salford
Received Not published294 Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LH
Received Not publishedUnit 7 , 325 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3LW
Received Not published135A The Green, Worsley, M28 2PA
Received Not published16 Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2NL
Received Not published16 Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2NL
Received Not published29 Mulgrave Road, Worsley, M28 2RW
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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