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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.
12,143 approved · 1,377 refused · 642 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Ranelagh Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4HQ
Received Not publishedBritish Heart Foundation, 83 - 84 Raven Way, Salford, M6 5HT
Received Not publishedBritish Heart Foundation, 83 - 84 Raven Way, Salford, M6 5HT
Received Not publishedNorth Side Of The Crescent (A6) , Near To Salford Crescent Station , Salford , M5 4NS
Received Not publishedNorth Side Of The Crescent (A6) , Near To Salford Crescent Station , Salford , M5 4NS
Received Not publishedOutside Of 13 - 15 Hankinson Way , Salford Shopping Centre , Salford , M6 5JA
Received Not publishedOutside Of 13 - 15 Hankinson Way , Salford Shopping Centre , Salford , M6 5JA
Received Not publishedCorner Of Rossall Way & Hankinson Way , Outside Subway, 1 Hankinson Way, Salford , Salford Shopping Centre, M6 5JA
Received Not publishedCorner Of Rossall Way & Hankinson Way , Outside Subway, 1 Hankinson Way, Salford , Salford Shopping Centre, M6 5JA
Received Not publishedTraffic Island Of The Crescent (A6) & University Road , Outside Salford Crescent Station, Salford , M5 4BR
Received Not published14 And 16 Welbeck Grove, Salford, M7 4DH
Received Not publishedMoss Side Farm , Moss Lane, Glazebrook, Irlam, WA3 5PS
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Cheetham CE Community Academy, Halliwell Lane, Manchester, M8 9FR
Received Not published15 Hinchley Way, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, M27 6HB
Received Not publishedLark Hill Farm, Astley Road, Irlam, M44 5LS
Received Not published7 Cross Lane, Salford, M5 4BN
Received Not published10 Parkside Avenue, Salford, M7 4HB
Received Not published6 Saddlecote, Worsley, M28 2HB
Received Not publishedGateway Building , 5 Anchorage Quay, Salford, M50 3XE
Received Not published5 Cemetery Road, Salford, M5 5WG
Received Not published94 Holyoake Road, Worsley, M28 3DL
Received Not published75 - 77 Wellington Street East, Salford, M7 4DN
Received Not published39 Drywood Avenue, Worsley, M28 2QA
Received Not publishedMetro House, , Metro Building, , Trafford Road, , Salford Quays, , M5 3NN,
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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