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.
11,836 approved · 1,339 refused · 627 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Windsor Avenue, Clifton, Swinton, M27 8QB
Received Not published123 Great Cheetham Street West, Salford
Received Not published31 Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not published31 Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not published332 Great Clowes Street, Salford, M7 2FT
Received Not published10 Encombe Place, Salford, M3 6FJ
Received Not publishedBridgewater Court Vetinary Clinic , Mayfield Avenue, Worsley, M28 3JF
Received Not published53 Barton Road, Swinton, M27 5LQ
Received Not published44 - 46 And 48 - 50 The Parade, Swinton, M27 4BH
Received Not publishedAgecroft Commerce Park , Agecroft Road, Swinton, M27 8UJ
Received Not published39 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, M30 9JH
Received Not published24 Dryden Avenue, Swinton, M27 0JY
Received Not publishedClifford Whitworth Library , Crescent, University Of Salford, Salford, Salford, M5 4WT
Received Not published53 Normanby Street, Swinton, Salford, M27 9TL
Received Not publishedIndigo Street, Salford
Received Not published24 Hazel Avenue, Little Hulton, M38 9DY
Received Not published389 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 0EJ
Received Not publishedNewbury Place , Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4EA
Received Not publishedLand Junction Of Liverpool Road, Cadishead Way, Irlam
Received Not published34 Meadow Gate, Worsley, M28 2RB
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Valero Manchester, Churchill Way, Trafford Park, M17 1BS
Received Not publishedPlot E2, MediaCity, Broadway, Salford
Received Not publishedLand To Rear Of 24 To 32, Greylag Crescent, Worsley, Manchester
Received Not published8 Claughton Avenue, Worsley, Salford, M28 7UB
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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