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.
12,130 approved · 1,377 refused · 639 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Lawnswood Drive, Swinton, M27 5NH
Received Not publishedPlot 1 New Bailey / Plots B2/B3 Salford Central Masterplan At Land Southwest New Bailey Street And Southeast Salford Central Station , M3 5ET
Received Not published18 Lumber Lane, Worsley, M28 2GL
Received Not published4 Finstock Close, Eccles, M30 7NP
Received Not published1 Brookfield Drive, Worsley, M28 1JY
Received Not publishedParr Fold Park, Rutland Road, Worsley, M28 7DT
Received Not published170 Chaddock Lane, Worsley, M28 1DF
Received Not published30 Ellenbrook Road, Worsley, M28 1FZ
Received Not publishedBrackley Farm , Moss Road, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5JU
Received Not publishedBoat House Inn , Ferry Road, Irlam, M44 6DN
Received Not published2 Hamilton Street, Salford, M7 2EF
Received Not published7 Weston Avenue, Swinton, M27 6PH
Received Not published175 Greenleach Lane, Worsley, M28 2RR
Received Not published25 Birch Drive, Swinton, M27 4HD
Received Not published170 Weaste Lane, Salford, M5 5JL
Received Not published11 Barton Road, Worsley, M28 2PD
Received Not published6 Lords Avenue, Salford, M5 5HH
Received Not published19-20 , Guide Street, Salford, M50 1BX
Received Not publishedPin Mill House , Priestley Road, Swinton, M28 2LX
Received Not published28 Ellesmere Street, Swinton, M27 0LA
Received Not published30 Gore Avenue, Salford, M5 5LG
Received Not published38 Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8AN
Received Not publishedLand At Kara Street And Liverpool Street, Salford, M6 5GG
Received Not published160 Vicars Hall Lane, Worsley, M28 1HY
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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