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.
11,869 approved · 1,345 refused · 629 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Limefield Road, Salford, M7 4LZ
Received Not published109 Seaford Road, Salford, M6 6DD
Received Not publishedLand To The West Of , Michigan Avenue, Salford, M50 2GY
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Off 144 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4GA
Received Not published131 The Green, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PA
Received Not publishedSalford Gallery And Museum , Crescent, Salford, M5 4WU
Received Not publishedSalford Gallery And Museum , Crescent, Salford, M5 4WU
Received Not published33 Broad Oak Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 2TL
Received Not published57 Broadway, Worsley, Salford, M28 7FA
Received Not published286 Liverpool Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 0RZ
Received Not published35 Cumberland Avenue, Cadishead, Irlam, Salford, M44 5FE
Received Not publishedBridgewater Wharf , Salford, M5 3NG
Received Not publishedLand Off Langley Road (Previously Saw Mill) , Langley Road, Salford, M6 6JP
Received Not publishedRabbit Hills Playing Fields , Bolton Road, Pendlebury, Salford, M27 8XA
Received Not published7 - 9 Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7AG
Received Not published36 Norwood Avenue, Salford, M7 3PN
Received Not published116 Rake Lane, Swinton, Salford, M27 8RB
Received Not published80 Half Edge Lane, Eccles, M30 9BA
Received Not published7 Portland Road, Eccles, M30 9DP
Received Not published31 Sapling Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 0BY
Received Not published48 Blandford Road, Salford, M6 6BE
Received Not published16 Moorfield Parade, Irlam, Salford, M44 6FY
Received Not publishedRegents Place , 4 Windsor Street, Salford, M5 4HB
Received Not publishedGateway Building , 5 Anchorage Quay, Salford, M50 3XE
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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