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.
12,347 approved · 1,403 refused · 657 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ground Floor, 14 Hodge Road, Worsley, M28 3AT
Received Not published20 Vicars Hall Lane, Worsley, M28 1HS
Received Not publishedBrassington Avenue, Salford, M53JX
Received Not publishedRyall Avenue, Ordsall, Salford, M5 3HX
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published19 Harvard Grove, Salford, M6 8GT
Received Not published523 Eccles New Road, Salford, M50 1DN
Received Not publishedLand At Clarence Street, Lower Broughton, Salford, M7 1AH
Received Not publishedQueenscroft , Victoria Road, Eccles, M30 9QQ
Received Not published123 Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2WG
Received Not publishedCaxton Hall, 88-92 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5DW
Received Not published103 Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LG
Received Not publishedStreetworks At, Stott Lane North, Salford, M6 8FQ
Received Not published43 Kennedy Road, Salford, M5 5ET
Received Not published28 Horsham Street, Salford, M6 5QS
Received Not publishedSalbec House , 16 Winders Way, Salford, M6 6AR
Received Not published6 Oldcott Close, Worsley, M28 1UN
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Trafford Road, Archie Street And Elmira Way , 211 Trafford Road, Salford, M5 3DJ
Received Not published5 Sterndale Road, Worsley, M28 1JQ
Received Not published15 Blantyre Road, Swinton, M27 5ER
Received Not published15 Ashbourne Grove, Salford, M7 4DB
Received Not published1 Eskrigge Close, Salford, M7 4QL
Received Not publishedPeel Mill Cottage , Peel Lane, Little Hulton, Worsley, M28 0EL
Received Not publishedPlant Cottage Farm , Astley Road, Irlam, M44 5LN
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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