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.
12,281 approved · 1,397 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1 , 116 Broughton Lane, Salford, M7 1UF
Received Not published15 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4AS
Received Not published68 Upper Park Road, Salford, M7 4JA
Received Not publishedBeis Menachem O Y Y Lubavitvh Girls School , Park Lane, Salford, M7 4JD
Received Not publishedLand Off Broadway, Broadway, Media City, Salford
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Salford, Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT
Received Not publishedCharles House , 325 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3HP
Received Not published208 Liverpool Road, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5DB
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Salford, Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT
Received Not publishedBurgess Farm, Hilton Lane, Worsley, M28 3TL
Received Not publishedGodfrey Ermen Memorial Church Of England Primary School, School Road, Eccles, M30 7BJ
Received Not publishedWeaste Hotel, Edward Avenue, Salford, M6 8DA
Received Not published71 Moorside Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 0HH
Received Not published15 Ellesmere Avenue, Eccles, Monton, Eccles, Salford, M30 9GZ
Received Not published102 Vicars Hall Gardens, Worsley, Salford, M28 1HW
Received Not published32 Penelope Road, Salford, M6 7RH
Received Not published5 And 7 Clarendon Crescent, Eccles, M30 9AU
Received Not publishedBurgess Farm, Hilton Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 3TL
Received Not publishedLand At Salford Gateway, Barton, Salford
Received Not publishedLand West Of Adelphi Street And South Of Trinity Riverside, Salford.
Received Not publishedOverbridge And Springfield Mills , Sherborne Street West, Salford, M7 1SL
Received Not publishedSite Of New Apartments, Barton Road, Eccles
Received Not published4 Wheatley Road, Wardley, Swinton, M27 9RW
Received Not published21 Seedley Road, Salford, M6 5WN
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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