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.
12,064 approved · 1,371 refused · 637 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Ukraine Road, Salford, M7 3TE
Received Not published261 Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9LF
Received Not publishedFormer Barton Sports Club, Barton Lane, Eccles, M30 0FR
Received Not published12 Maplefield Drive, Worsley, M28 1GB
Received Not publishedLand On West Side Of, Dale Street, Swinton, M27 0YE
Received Not published211 Littleton Road, Salford, M7 3TJ
Received Not published270, 272 And 274 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 2YJ
Received Not publishedUnit 2 C1 Media City Lightbox, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not published159 Highfield Road, Salford, M6 5RT
Received Not published28 Milford Street, Salford, M6 5GQ
Received Not published29 Swanage Road, Eccles, M30 8NJ
Received Not published55 Lancaster Road, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5HD
Received Not publishedEllesmere Lodge, 28 Ellesmere Road, Eccles
Received Not published17 Thorns Villa Gardens, Worsley, M28 1UT
Received Not published38 Fairway, Swinton, M27 4JD
Received Not publishedUnits 1 To 2 , Hazelhurst Road, Worsley, M28 2SQ
Received Not published7 Matisse Way, Salford, M7 3BA
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Gore Street, Trinity Way And Chapel Street, Salford
Received Not published5 Warwick Road, Worsley, M28 7BW
Received Not published9 Oaklands Road, Swinton, M27 0ED
Received Not publishedLondon Street, Pendleton, Salford, M6 6QP
Received Not published18 Meadow Gate, Worsley, M28 2RB
Received Not publishedThe Horse Box , The Boatyard , Worsley , M28 2WN
Received Not published25 Church Street, Eccles, M30 0BJ
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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