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.
11,755 approved · 1,335 refused · 621 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
179 - 193 Great Cheetham Street West, Salford, M7 2DW
Received Not publishedFormer Cutacre Open-cast Mining Site, Land To The South Of The A6 (Salford Road/Manchester Road West)
Received Not published27 Maldon Drive, Eccles, M30 9LU
Received Not publishedCampbell Road Playing Fields, Campbell Road, Swinton, M27 5GQ
Received Not publishedPart Of Ground Floor, Regents Place, Regent Road, Salford, M5 4BT
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear, Kersal Avenue / Bolton Road, Pendlebury, Swinton
Received Not published344 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 0EF
Received Not published82 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 5XB
Received Not published178-180 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 0PF
Received Not publishedOldfield Road, Salford
Received Not published39 Guilford Road, Eccles, M30 7JF
Received Not published81 Ellesmere Green, Eccles, M30 9EZ
Received Not publishedLand Opposite 68-72, Ellerbeck Crescent, Worsley, M28 7GP
Received Not publishedMcdonald's Restaurant , Ellesmere Shopping Centre, Manchester Road, Walkden
Received Not publishedMcdonald's Restaurant , Ellesmere Shopping Centre, Manchester Road, Walkden
Received Not published1 The Paddock, Worsley, M28 2QR
Received Not publishedMcdonald's Restaurant , Ellesmere Shopping Centre, Manchester Road, Walkden
Received Not publishedMcdonald's Restaurant , Ellesmere Shopping Centre, Manchester Road, Walkden
Received Not publishedMcdonald's Restaurant , Ellesmere Shopping Centre, Manchester Road, Walkden
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent Premier Inn, Irwell Street, Salford
Received Not published1 Meadowfield Drive, Worsley, M28 1NG
Received Not published45 Bridgewater Street, Little Hulton, Manchester, M38 9ND
Received Not publishedLand To The North Of Priory Grove, Salford, M7 2HF
Received Not publishedLand Formerly 278 , Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LH
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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