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.
12,178 approved · 1,383 refused · 649 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Irlam Industrial Estate, Liverpool Road, Irlam, Manchester
Received Not published21 Fairway, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4JD
Received Not published18 Suffolk Street, Salford, M6 6DU
Received Not publishedVacant Land Off, Somerset Road, Eccles
Received Not publishedAlbion Towers, Albion Community Rooms , Cross Lane, Salford, M5 4AH
Received Not published80A Broadway, Worsley, M28 7FF
Received Not publishedBarton Square, , Phoenix Way, , Trafford Park,
Received Not published14 Alpha Street West, Salford, M6 5NR
Received Not publishedNewhaven Business Park, Barton Lane, Eccles, M30 0HH
Received Not published21 Sapling Road, Swinton, M27 0BY
Received Not published8 Waverley Road, Swinton, M27 4JA
Received Not publishedMyrtlebank , New Moss Road, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5YU
Received Not publishedSingleton Lodge, Cavendish Road, Salford
Received Not published35 Byron Street, Eccles, M30 0GS
Received Not published1 Peel Mount, Salford, M6 6AF
Received Not published21 Charles Street, Swinton, M27 9UG
Received Not publishedLand At Lancaster Road , Eccles , Salford, M6 8AQ
Received Not published17 Woodside Avenue, Worsley, M28 3HR
Received Not publishedRoyal Oak, 536 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4DL
Received Not published143 Mossfield Road, Swinton, M27 9TU
Received Not published35 Upper Park Road, Salford, M7 4JB
Received Not published40 Fairfield Street, Salford, M6 7FW
Received Not published40 Canal Bank, Eccles, M30 8AA
Received Not publishedVintage Ambiance , 188 Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9PY
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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