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.
14,100 approved · 1,603 refused · 762 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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, Twelve Yard Road, Chat Moss, Irlam
Received Not publishedAlbion Towers, Cross Lane, Salford, M5 4AH
Received Not publishedClifton Primary School, Wroe Street, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 6PF
Received Not publishedEnergi House, Daniel Adamson Road, Salford, M50 1DT
Received Not published73 Lumber Lane, Worsley, M28 2QN
Received Not published5 Tideway Close, Salford, M7 3AR
Received Not published16 Sheringham Drive, Swinton, M27 5QF
Received Not publishedManchester Tennis And Raquet Club, 33 Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7AQ
Received Not publishedSchool House, All Souls RC Primary School, Kintyre Avenue, Salford, M5 2NR
Received Not publishedBrookhouse Recreation Centre, Buckthorn Lane, Eccles
Received Not publishedLand At M602 And Regent Road , Roundabout, Salford
Received Not publishedHarbour City Eastern End Of Dock 9, Broadway, Salford
Received Not publishedMedia City Project Office UK, 111 Broadway, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not published5 And 7 Welbeck Grove, Salford, M7 4DF
Received Not publishedSubway , Ellesmere Shopping Centre, Walkden, M28 3ZD
Received Not published330 - 338 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 8UY
Received Not published4 Old Hall Lane, Worsley, M28 2FG
Received Not publishedConavon Court, Blackfriars Street, Salford
Received Not publishedKersal Hill Convent, 22-26 Singleton Road, Salford, M7 4WL
Received Not published13 Cleveleys Grove, Salford, M7 4DE
Received Not published11 Ellendale Grange, Worsley, M28 7UX
Received Not published601 Cheetham Hill Road, Salford, M8 5EJ
Received Not published89 Chatsworth Road, Worsley, M28 2GG
Received Not publishedHazel Slack, Old Hall Road, Salford, M7 4JH
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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