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.
12,612 approved · 1,432 refused · 666 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Ashley Drive, Swinton, Salford, M27 0AU
Received Not publishedLand On, Green Street, Eccles
Received Not published198 Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Worsley, Salford, M38 9LG
Received Not published379 Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 9UQ
Received Not publishedQuaysidemedia City , The Quays, Salford, M50 3UB
Received Not published20 Ainsdale Avenue, Salford, M7 4LS
Received Not published20 The Mead, Salford, M5 5LL
Received Not published8 Harrier Close, Worsley, Salford, M28 7AH
Received Not published17 Sandywood, Salford, M6 8NZ
Received Not publishedFormer McDonald's Regional Head Office, Cross Lane, Salford M5 4BN
Received Not published352 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 7ER
Received Not published91 Folly Lane, Swinton, Salford, M27 0DB
Received Not published46 Fairhope Avenue, Salford, M6 8AD
Received Not published30A Stafford Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9ED
Received Not published18 Ryecroft Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PN
Received Not publishedLand At Kara Street And Liverpool Street, Salford, M6 5GG
Received Not published2 Lyon Grove, Worsley, Salford, M28 2RH
Received Not published12 Wayfarers Way, Swinton, Salford, M27 5UZ
Received Not published19 Crosby Avenue, Worsley, Salford, M28 3FQ
Received Not published17 Fir Road, Swinton, M27 5DL
Received Not published5 Torrax Close, Swinton, Salford, M6 7PX
Received Not published83 Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton, Salford, M38 9WU
Received Not published85 Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton, Salford, M38 9WU
Received Not published267 Rivington Crescent, Swinton, M27 8TQ
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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