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.
11,653 approved · 1,330 refused · 607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clifton Youth Club , The Green, Swinton, M27 8QL
Received Not published33 Bellpit Close, Worsley, Salford, M28 7XH
Received Not published13 Crossfield Drive, Swinton, Salford, M27 9TN
Received Not published23 Chelford Drive, Swinton, M27 9HJ
Received Not publishedBridgewater Hotel , 23 Barton Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PD
Received Not publishedOakhill Court , Mandley Park Avenue, Salford, M7 4BX
Received Not publishedVarious Sites Off Kenyon Way, Wildbrook Road And, Parkway, Little Hulton, Worsley
Received Not publishedJunction Of Barton Lane / Boardman Street , Eccles , M30 0FR
Received Not publishedTrafford Road, Stop C, Salford, M50
Received Not published1-7 , Chapel Street, Salford, M3 7NJ
Received Not published82 Barton Road, Eccles, M30 7AE
Received Not published276 Bolton Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 8UZ
Received Not publishedElmwood Church, Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8AG
Received Not published151 Manchester Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, Salford, M27 4FH
Received Not publishedLand At Kara Street And Liverpool Street, Salford, M6 5GG
Received Not publishedVita Salford , Seaford Road, Salford, M6 6AQ
Received Not published11 Hanover Gardens, Salford, M7 4FQ
Received Not published6 Vestris Drive, Salford, M6 8EL
Received Not published64 Broadway, Salford, M50 2TS
Received Not published22 Goulden Street, Salford, M6 5PY
Received Not published12 Castleton Road, Salford, M7 4GU
Received Not published202-204 , Moorside Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 9LE
Received Not publishedVita Salford , Seaford Road, Salford, M6 6AQ
Received Not published25 Granary Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PH
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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