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.
12,538 approved · 1,426 refused · 663 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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, Land Bounded By St Marks Lane, Robin Hood Street And Back St Marks Lane, Manchester, , M8 9GH
Received Not published152 Highfield Road, Salford, M6 5RT
Received Not publishedAnchorage Car Park, Anchorage Quay, Salford
Received Not published28 Ashford Avenue, Worsley, M28 1JJ
Received Not publishedJ Fletcher Engineering, Lansdowne Road, Eccles, M30 9PD
Received Not published101 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 4AA
Received Not publishedLand Off Worsley Street, Riverside Estate, Salford, M3 5AA
Received Not published2 Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 4LE
Received Not published144 Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8LU
Received Not publishedLand Between Liverpool Road And , Station Road, Irlam
Received Not publishedLand North Of Senior Street, Springfield Lane, Salford
Received Not published15 Houghton Lane, Swinton, M27 0DX
Received Not publishedLand At, Hazelhall Close, Off Hazelhurst Road, Worsley
Received Not publishedLand At, Hazelhall Close, Off Hazelhurst Road, Worsley, Manchester
Received Not publishedChimney Pot Community Centre, Blodwell Street, Salford, M6 5RX
Received Not publishedLimes Service Station , Hodge Road, Worsley, M28 3NS
Received Not published58 Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2SH
Received Not publishedWentworth House , 8 Blantyre Road, Swinton, M27 5ER
Received Not published11 Brandon Avenue, Eccles, M30 9DD
Received Not publishedAdelph Convenience Store, 15 - 17 Oldfield Road, Salford, M5 4NE
Received Not publishedThe Beenstock Home, 19-21 Northumberland Street, Salford, M7 4RP
Received Not published20 Clandon Avenue, Eccles, M30 7JH
Received Not published109 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4GP
Received Not published55 Radcliffe Park Road, Salford, M6 7WP
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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