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.
12,224 approved · 1,390 refused · 651 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Woodlands Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 2QG
Received Not published37 Barton Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PD
Received Not publishedBridgewater Cottage , 1 Farm Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PU
Received Not published3 Ewhurst Avenue, Swinton, Salford, M27 0FE
Received Not published30 Calder Drive, Worsley, Salford, M28 0TH
Received Not published33 Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7AQ
Received Not published5 Buckland Road, Salford, M6 8GP
Received Not published6 Litchfield Grove, Worsley, Salford, M28 2DE
Received Not published53 Hilton Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 0SY
Received Not publishedLand At , Worrall Street, Salford, M5 4TH
Received Not published6 Bindloss Avenue, Eccles, M30 0DU
Received Not publishedLand At And Rear Of Spring Clough, Worsley
Received Not published12 Tulip Close, Salford, M6 6LP
Received Not publishedPlot Of Land East Of Vicars Street, Vicars Street, Eccles, Manchester
Received Not publishedFormer Radclyffe Community Primary School, Phoebe Street, Salford, M5 3PH
Received Not publishedTrafford Waters, Land Between Manchester Ship Canal And Trafford Boulevard/Old Barton Road, Urmston
Received Not publishedLand At Kara Street And Liverpool Street, Salford, M6 5GG
Received Not publishedLand At , Worrall Street, Salford, M5 4TH
Received Not published207- 209 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 5SQ
Received Not published1-32 , Halton Bank, Salford, M6 7AB
Received Not published48 Kansas Avenue, Salford, M50 2GL
Received Not published11 Moss Bank Grove, Wardley, Swinton, Manchester, Manchester, M27 9UN
Received Not published4 Blyton Lane, Salford, M7 3BR
Received Not publishedLand East Of, Irlam Wharf Road, Irlam, M44 5BP
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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