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.
11,597 approved · 1,327 refused · 605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Irwell House , 40-42 Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6NY
Received Not published112 -114 Gilda Brook Road, Eccles, M30 0DX
Received Not publishedBurgess Farm, Hilton Lane, Worsley, Manchester, M28 3TL
Received Not published500 Ellenbrook Road, Worsley, M28 1ES
Received Not published1 Dounby Avenue, Eccles, M30 8QQ
Received Not publishedBroughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School, Legh Road, Salford, M7 4RT
Received Not published39 Legh Street, Salford, M7 4EF
Received Not published8 Ashley Drive, Swinton, M27 0AX
Received Not published43 Weymouth Road, Eccles, M30 8NN
Received Not published257 Bolton Road, Worsley, M28 3QB
Received Not published14 Greenheys Road, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9TG
Received Not published13 Northallerton Road, Salford, M7 3TP
Received Not publishedSandyacre, Barlow Street, Worsley, Manchester, M28 3BQ
Received Not published33 St Georges Crescent, Salford, M6 8JN
Received Not publishedIngleside , Swinton Park Road, Salford, M6 7PA
Received Not published7 Irwell Place, Eccles, M30 0FH
Received Not publishedLand Between North Bay And Huron Bay, The Quays, Salford
Received Not published2 Waters Way, Worsley, M28 2AH
Received Not publishedThe Boundary Stone , Bridgewater Road, Worsley, M28 1AD
Received Not publishedThe Poet's Estate, Swinton, Salford, M27 0PU
Received Not published39 Legh Street, Salford, M7 4EF
Received Not publishedSpinney Cottage , 21 Kempnough Hall Road, Worsley, M28 2QP
Received Not publishedLand Between Roe Green And The Coppice, Worsley
Received Not publishedLand Between East Lancashire Road And, Kingsway, Worsley
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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