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.
12,016 approved · 1,363 refused · 634 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of Seddon Street, Little Hulton, M38 9RN
Received Not published4 Victoria Avenue, Eccles, M30 9HX
Received Not published28 King Street And 49-51 Queen Street, Blackfriars, Salford, M3 7DG
Received Not publishedVine Street Shull , 2 Vine Street , Salford , M7 3PG
Received Not publishedUnits 1 And 2 , Dallas Court, Salford, M50 2GF
Received Not published17 Radcliffe Park Road, Salford, M6 7WP
Received Not published25 Swinton Hall Road, Swinton, M27 4BL
Received Not published257 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3WH
Received Not published257 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3WH
Received Not published249 Kempnough Hall Road, Worsley, M28 2QP
Received Not published49 Swinton Hall Road, Swinton, M27 4BT
Received Not published7 Dukes Wharf, Worsley, M28 2GS
Received Not published45 Tetlow Lane, Salford, M7 4BU
Received Not published24 - 24A Church Street, Eccles, M30 0DF
Received Not publishedPower Station, 132 Manchester Road, Carrington, M31 4AY
Received Not publishedLand At Bridge Street, New Bailey Street, Riverside Estate, Salford, M3 5AA
Received Not published98 Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9HZ
Received Not published39 Weymouth Road, Eccles, M30 8NN
Received Not published33 Ryecroft Lane, Worsley, M28 2PN
Received Not published26 Roe Green, Worsley, M28 2RF
Received Not published23 Lullington Road, Salford, M6 8GW
Received Not published18 Trevor Road, Swinton, M27 0YH
Received Not published19 Delamere Avenue, Salford, M6 7NS
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
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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