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.
11,610 approved · 1,328 refused · 605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Entwisle Street, Swinton, M27 9SD
Received Not publishedBurgess Farm, Hilton Lane, Worsley, M28 3TL
Received Not published19 The Parade, Swinton, M27 4BH
Received Not published19 The Parade, Swinton, M27 4BH
Received Not publishedExchange Station, Chapel Street, Salford, M3 7WJ
Received Not publishedAshworth And Wakefield Building, Peel Park Campus, University Of Salford, Crescent, Salford, , , Salford
Received Not publishedSouthway House, Eccles, M30 0LJ
Received Not published96 Eccles Road, Swinton, M27 5QA
Received Not published3 St Pauls Road, Salford, M7 3NY
Received Not publishedSt Ignatius Church And Rectory, King Edward Street, Salford, M5 3RG
Received Not publishedSt Ignatius Church And Rectory, King Edward Street, Salford, M5 3RG
Received Not publishedLand Formerly 278 , Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LH
Received Not publishedLand Formerly 278 , Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LH
Received Not publishedLand At , Chapel Street Bounded By Clowes Street, River Irwell And Dearmans Place, Salford, M3 5LH
Received Not publishedLand Between 178 And 180, Weaste Lane, Salford
Received Not publishedFormer Swinton Post Office, Chorley Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 5XB
Received Not published3 Gerrards Close, Irlam, M44 6DX
Received Not publishedLand At Quay Point, Off Broadway, Salford Quays, Salford
Received Not published31 Upper Park Road, Salford, M7 4JB
Received Not publishedRailway Bridge, Liverpool Street, Salford
Received Not published12 Botany Road, Eccles, M30 8JS
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Greengate, Collier Street, Queen And King Street, And Gravel Lane., M3 7BN
Received Not publishedSalford Skills Centre, 2 Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 4LE
Received Not published8 Exeter Drive, Irlam, Salford, M44 6FH
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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