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.
12,404 approved · 1,407 refused · 660 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Greenfield Avenue, Eccles, M30 7LD
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Land Off Hall Lane, Partington
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Land Adjoining The Manchester Ship Canal North Of Lock Lane And Thirlmere Road , Partington
Received Not publishedThe Poet's Estate, Swinton, Salford, M27 0PU
Received Not published1 Lowry Plaza, The Quays, Salford, M50 3UB
Received Not publishedFirst Floor, 222 Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9LJ
Received Not published24 Maple Grove, Worsley, M28 7FB
Received Not published3 Tackler Close, Swinton, M27 5PE
Received Not published8 Orient Road, Salford, M6 8LD
Received Not published111 Chaddock Lane, Worsley, M28 1DH
Received Not published13 Lambton Road, Worsley, M28 2SU
Received Not published15 Avoncliffe Road, Worsley, M28 3UJ
Received Not publishedMarks And Spencer Simply Food, Unit G1A, Ellesmere Retail Park, New Ellesmere Approach, Worsley, M28 3UD
Received Not published28 The Nook, Eccles, M30 8JP
Received Not published21 Nine Acre Drive, Salford, M5 3FG
Received Not published17 Deans Road, Swinton, M27 0JA
Received Not published54 Broom Lane, Salford, M7 4RS
Received Not publishedLand North Of Simpson Grove And East Of Border Brook Lane , Worsley , M28 1LY
Received Not published7 Okeover Road, Salford, M7 4JX
Received Not publishedThe Poet's Estate, Swinton, Salford, M27 0PU
Received Not publishedThe Poet's Estate, Swinton, Salford, M27 0PU
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of, 170 - 176 Monton Road, Eccles
Received Not publishedAnaconda Cut, 100 Greengate, Salford, M3 7NG
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Trafford Road, Archie Street And Elmira Way , 211 Trafford Road, Salford, M5 3DJ
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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