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.
12,258 approved · 1,393 refused · 654 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The Rear Of, 11 Borchardt Drive, Swinton, Salford, M27 4FN
Received Not publishedOn The Road Outside, 13 Ryecroft Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PN
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Land At Mountheath Industrial Estate, George Street, Prestwich, Bury, Salford
Received Not publishedLand On The North-west Side Of King Street, Blackfriars, Salford
Received Not published10, 12 And 14 Waterdale Close, Worsley, Salford, M28 1YP
Received Not published207 Langworthy Road, Salford, Salford, M6 5PW
Received Not publishedNew Elevated Chord Railway Linking The Bolton Lines Railway Near The Castlefield, Centre With The Chat Moss Lines Railway Near Salford Central Station In The Ordsall, Area
Received Not published8 Brentwood Road, Swinton, M27 0EE
Received Not publishedLand Located South Of The River Irwell And West Of Littleton Road, Centred On Whit Lane , Charlestown, M6 6HP
Received Not published294 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 2YJ
Received Not published42 Alfred Avenue, Worsley, M28 2TX
Received Not publishedThe Poet's Estate, Swinton, Salford, M27 0PU
Received Not publishedLight Oaks Junior School , Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8LU
Received Not published14 Buckingham Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 8QF
Received Not publishedNew Elevated Chord Railway Linking The Bolton Lines Railway Near The Castlefield, Centre With The Chat Moss Lines Railway Near Salford Central Station In The Ordsall, Area.
Received Not published30 - 31 Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not published30 - 31 Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not publishedCastle Green , 342-44 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2HY
Received Not published67 Montonfields Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 8AW
Received Not publishedSt Pauls Church Of England Primary School , Nevile Road, Salford, M7 3PT
Received Not published292 Littleton Road, Salford, M7 3QG
Received Not publishedClifton Centre , 117 Silverdale, Swinton, M27 8GW
Received Not published26 Egerton Road, Eccles, M30 9LR
Received Not published5 Beanfields, Worsley, M28 2PJ
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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