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.
12,330 approved · 1,401 refused · 656 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Peel Park Pavillion, Ram Street, Worsley, M30 0UW
Received Not published38 Wilbraham Road, Worsley, M28 3LL
Received Not publishedFormer Irwell Valley Campus , Off Blandford Road, Blandford Road, Salford, M6 6BD
Received Not published11 Dartford Avenue, Eccles, M30 8NF
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Salford, Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT
Received Not publishedMoat Hall Sports Centre Eccles Arlfc , Hallsworth Road, Eccles, M30 7LS
Received Not published18 Kingsway, Swinton, M27 4JX
Received Not published9 Galloway Drive, Clifton, Swinton, M27 6PG
Received Not published1 Sesame Gardens, Irlam, M44 6TQ
Received Not published169-171 Albert Vaults , Chapel Street, Salford, M3 6AD
Received Not publishedRock House Hotel , 40 Peel Green Road, Eccles, M30 7AY
Received Not publishedNewholme , The Coppice, Worsley, M28 2RA
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5JT
Received Not published26 Norfolk Street, Salford, M6 6DP
Received Not published257 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3WH
Received Not published257 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3WH
Received Not published10 Lambton Road, Worsley, M28 2ST
Received Not publishedSt Johns Cathedral , Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5LL
Received Not published75 Old Clough Lane, Worsley, M28 3EG
Received Not publishedLand To The West Of , Michigan Avenue, Salford, M50 2GY
Received Not publishedLand At , Worrall Street, Salford, M5 4TH
Received Not published1 Haddon Road, Swinton, M28 2GP
Received Not publishedWorsley Wastewater Treatment Works, Mort Lane, Worsley
Received Not publishedLand Off Omega Drive , Northbank Industrial Estate, Irlam, M44 5GR
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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