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.
12,573 approved · 1,429 refused · 664 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
City Approach, 1 And 2 Albert Street, Eccles, M30 0BL
Received Not published69 Sutherland Street, Eccles, M30 8BR
Received Not publishedSouth Langworthy Road, Salford, M50 2QN
Received Not publishedDallas Court, South Langworthy Road, Salford, M50 2UW
Received Not publishedBroadway, Salford, M50 2UW
Received Not published196 Old Clough Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 7JA
Received Not publishedQuayside House, Merchants Quay, Salford, M50 3SU
Received Not publishedQuayside House, Merchants Quay, Salford, M50 3SU
Received Not published2 Sunnybank Avenue, Eccles, Salford, M30 9HY
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent Premier Inn, Irwell Street, Salford
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Greengate, New Bridge Street, Gorton Street And The River Irwell, Salford
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Agricultural Land South , Of 191 Chaddock Lane , Worsley
Received Not published50 Wellington Road, Eccles, M30 9QW
Received Not published12 Norwood Drive, Swinton, M27 0EN
Received Not publishedUnit 12 The Cobden Centre , Vere Street, Salford, M50 2PQ
Received Not published14 Roe Green, Worsley, M28 2RF
Received Not publishedW Leeson Linnyshaw Industrial Estate , Sharp Street, Worsley, M28 3LY
Received Not publishedAnnesley Court , Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9HH
Received Not publishedHeron Court, Salford, M6 8FT
Received Not published44 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, M30 9JH
Received Not published31 Fairway, Swinton, M27 4JD
Received Not published2 Turner Street, Salford, M7 4PD
Received Not published3 Chester Street, Swinton, M27 5TB
Received Not published28 Monton Green, Eccles, M30 9LW
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage