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.
11,765 approved · 1,335 refused · 622 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Greenwood Place, Eccles, M30 9EX
Received Not published15A Caldy Road, Salford, M6 7EX
Received Not published97 Seedley Park Road, Salford, M6 5WU
Received Not published7 Union Terrace , Bury Old Road, Salford, M7 4ZH
Received Not published6 Priory Avenue, Salford, M7 2HA
Received Not publishedSt Teresas Roman Catholic Primary School , 5 Macdonald Road, Irlam, M44 5LH
Received Not publishedMorrisons Supermarket, 7 Irwell Place, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0FH
Received Not publishedMorrisons Supermarket, 7 Irwell Place, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0FH
Received Not publishedThe Poet's Estate, Swinton, Salford
Received Not published1 Portland Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5EQ
Received Not published61 Cavendish Road, Salford, M7 4NQ
Received Not publishedSalford Town Hall , Bexley Square, Salford, M3 6DD
Received Not publishedRHS Bridgewater, Worsley, M28 1HP
Received Not published8 Springwood Avenue, Swinton, M27 5EA
Received Not published21 Old Hall Road, Salford, M7 4JJ
Received Not publishedBurgess Farm , Hilton Lane, Worsley, M28 3TL
Received Not published18 Westminster Road, Eccles, M30 9EB
Received Not published1 Westbourne Avenue, Clifton, Swinton, M27 6NN
Received Not published67 Seedley Road, Salford, M6 5NQ
Received Not published12 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 5WW
Received Not publishedSite Of New Apartments, Barton Road, Eccles
Received Not publishedLangley Court , Upper Park Road, Salford, M7 4GR
Received Not published138 Weaste Lane, Salford, M5 5JJ
Received Not published176 Weaste Lane, Salford, M5 5JL
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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