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.
11,884 approved · 1,350 refused · 629 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Comus Street, Salford, M5 3BQ
Received Not publishedLand East Of Boothstown, Salford
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Electricity Sub-Station, , Agecroft Road, Pendlebury
Received Not published123A Lightoaks Road, Salford, M6 8WL
Received Not published7 Farm Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PU
Received Not published30 Norfolk Street, Salford, M6 6DP
Received Not published2 Linden Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 1NW
Received Not published11 Crossfield Drive, Worsley, Salford, M28 1GP
Received Not publishedLand Bound By King Street West, St Mary's Parsonage, Garden Lane And Smithy Lane , Manchetser, M3 2JP
Received Not publishedOffices , Siemens Road, Irlam, Salford, M44 5AH
Received Not publishedExisting Vacant Plot Of Land, Between Malvern Close, And St John St, Salford
Received Not publishedKing William Street, Salford, M50 3ZP
Received Not publishedKing William Street, Salford, M50 3ZP
Received Not published2 Drywood Avenue, Worsley, M28 2QA
Received Not publishedBuile Hill Mansion , Buile Hill Park, Eccles Old Rd, Salford, M6 8GL
Received Not publishedBuile Hill Mansion , Buile Hill Park, Eccles Old Rd, Salford, M6 8GL
Received Not published1 Victoria Lane, Swinton, Salford, M27 9LS
Received Not published2 Tudbury Way, Salford, M3 6TW
Received Not publishedKing William Street, Salford, M50 3ZP
Received Not published329 - 331 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 8GF
Received Not publishedSchool House , Trippier Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 7PT
Received Not publishedPlot D3 , White, Media City Uk, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not publishedWainwrights Farm, Folly Lane, Swinton, M27 0DW
Received Not published12 Legh Street, Salford, M7 4EF
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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