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.
12,038 approved · 1,366 refused · 634 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Knights Grove, Swinton
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Development Site Old Trafford Phase 2, Pomona Strand, Old, Trafford,
Received Not publishedLand To East Of Plot G1, Logistics North, Bolton
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Phase 2 Infrastructure, Logistics North, Off Salford Road, Bolton
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Phase 3 Insfrastucture, Logistics North, Off Salford Road, Bolton
Received Not published23 Beatrice Road, Worsley, M28 2TW
Received Not publishedEmbankment West, Off Salford Approach And New Kings Head Yard, Chapel Street, Salford
Received Not publishedBUPA Car Park, King William Enterprise Park, King William Street, Salford
Received Not published31 Church Road, Eccles, M30 0DL
Received Not published53 And 55 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4AS
Received Not published3 Kersal Gardens, Salford, M7 4NS
Received Not published32 Old Hall Road, Salford, M7 4JH
Received Not published7 North Drive, Swinton, M27 4FD
Received Not published27 Carisbrook Drive, Swinton, M27 5LS
Received Not publishedOaklands Hospital , 19 Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8AQ
Received Not publishedCliff House , 461 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2FX
Received Not published12 Bay Tree Avenue, Worsley, M28 2NW
Received Not publishedTurnpike House , 631 Eccles New Road, Salford, M50 1SW
Received Not publishedSummerfield House , 544 Eccles New Road, Salford, M5 5AP
Received Not published11 Parkstone Drive, Swinton, M27 5NB
Received Not published27 Chaddock Lane, Worsley, M28 1DB
Received Not publishedRose Bank, New Moss Road, Cadishead, M44 5YU
Received Not published23 Leyland Avenue, Irlam, M44 6HG
Received Not published8 Mulgrave Road, Worsley, M28 2RW
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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