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.
12,190 approved · 1,388 refused · 650 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dormition Of The Mother Of God Ukrainian Catholic Church , Bury Old Road, Salford, M7 4PX
Received Not publishedLand To The North Of Ordsall Park, Adjacent To Hulton Street, Salford
Received Not publishedHulton Street, Phoebe Street, Colman Gardens, Ordsall, Salford, M50 3XP
Received Not published233 Bolton Road, Salford, M6 7HP
Received Not published77 Half Edge Lane, Eccles, Salford, M30 9AZ
Received Not published18 Ashcroft Avenue, Salford, M6 7AW
Received Not published13 Fraser Street, Swinton, Salford, M27 4DH
Received Not published85 Gerald Road, Salford, M6 6DH
Received Not published95 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4GG
Received Not published95 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4GG
Received Not published93 Gerald Road, Salford, M6 6DH
Received Not published2 Normanby Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 7TR
Received Not publishedLand At Middlewood Basin, Off East Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5
Received Not published482 Worsley Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 8HQ
Received Not published31 Beatrice Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 2TW
Received Not published15 Victoria Crescent, Eccles, M30 9AN
Received Not published14 Redwater Close, Worsley, Salford, M28 1UH
Received Not publishedPlot A3, New Bailey, Salford, M3 5EN
Received Not published35 Temple Drive, Swinton, Salford, M27 4EA
Received Not published27 Gerald Road, Salford, M6 6DW
Received Not published8 Haddon Street, Salford, M6 6BN
Received Not publishedSt Johns Cathedral , Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5LL
Received Not publishedSt Johns Cathedral, Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5LL
Received Not publishedPlot 2 , Trafford Waters Development Site, Trafford Boulevard, Trafford Park
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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