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.
12,293 approved · 1,397 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Article 16, Power Station, 132 Manchetser Road, Carrington, M31 4AY
Received Not published23 Douglas Street, Salford, M7 2FE
Received Not published3 Lawefield Crescent, Clifton, Swinton, M27 6WW
Received Not publishedLand At Trinity Way , North Side Of Railway Bridge, Salford, M3 5FP
Received Not published65 - 67 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 0WB
Received Not published58 - 60 Hodge Road, Worsley, M28 3AU
Received Not published334 Worsley Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 0EF
Received Not publishedLand At Harvard Grove, Salford, M6 8ER
Received Not published13 Egerton Park, Worsley, M28 2TR
Received Not published28 Single Point, Singleton Road, Salford, M7 4WL
Received Not published13 Egerton Park, Worsley, M28 2TR
Received Not published8 Lumber Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2QH
Received Not publishedTransco Compound, Martens Road, Irlam
Received Not publishedLark Hill Farm , Astley Road, Irlam, M44 5LS
Received Not published24 Dryden Avenue, Swinton, M27 0JY
Received Not published5 Beatrice Road, Worsley, M28 2TW
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Peat Works, Nook Lane, Astley
Received Not published49 - 51 Regent Street, Eccles, M30 0BP
Received Not published28 Monton Green, Eccles, M30 9LW
Received Not publishedNinian Gardens, Alfred Street, Worsley, M28 3PZ, M28 3PZ
Received Not publishedPlot Of Land East Of Vicars Street, Vicars Street, Eccles, Manchester
Received Not published11A Cartmel Grove, Worsley, M28 2SF
Received Not published2 Hurstfield Road, Worsley, M28 7UJ
Received Not published322 East Lancashire Road, Swinton, M27 0LJ
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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