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.
14,135 approved · 1,607 refused · 766 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sainsburys Supermarket, 100 Regent Road, Salford, M5 4QU
Received Not published65 Folly Lane, Swinton, M27 0DE
Received Not publishedGround Floor, 475 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, M27 8BB
Received Not publishedCemetery Lodge, Agecroft Cemetery And Crematurium, Langley Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, MANCHESTER, M27 8SS
Received Not publishedWhite Lion Public House, 65 Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 6EH
Received Not published22 The Westlands, Pendlebury, M27 5FT
Received Not publishedLight Oaks Junior School, Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8LU
Received Not publishedIrlam Swimming Pool, Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 6BR
Received Not published15 Hindburn Drive, Worsley, M28 1XY
Received Not publishedUnit B2, Wardley Industrial Estate, Fallons Road, Worsley, M28 2NY
Received Not publishedWeir Site, Adelphi Street, Salford
Received Not published389 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 0EJ
Received Not published19 Carlton Road, Worsley, M28 7TT
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd, Heaton Park Road, Blackley, Manchester, M9 0QS
Received Not published6 The Drive, Salford, M7 3ND
Received Not published9 Hillcrest, Salford, M6 8JS
Received Not published71 Folly Lane, Swinton, M27 0DB
Received Not published8 Duchy Road, Salford, M6 7LD
Received Not published119-123 Gerald Road, Salford, M6 6DH
Received Not published17 - 31 Hallsworth Road, Eccles, M30 7LS
Received Not publishedLand To The North Of Ordsall Park, St Clements Drive, Salford
Received Not published3 Portland Road, Swinton, M27 5EQ
Received Not published590 Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 5AA
Received Not published590 Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 5AA
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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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.
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