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.
13,918 approved · 1,583 refused · 744 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Worsley Golf Club , Stableford Avenue, Eccles, M30 8AP
Received Not publishedWorsley Golf Club , Stableford Avenue, Eccles, M30 8AP
Received Not published7th Floor, 2 Anchorage Quay, Salford
Received Not publishedThe Beenstock Home, Northumberland Street, Salford, M7 4RP
Received Not published20 Cavendish Road, Salford, M7 4WW
Received Not published12 Solway Close, Swinton, M27 6PR
Received Not published40 Wellington Road, Eccles, M30 0NP
Received Not published47 St Georges Crescent, Salford, M6 8JN
Received Not published225 Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9PS
Received Not published1 Holden Drive, Swinton, M27 4FQ
Received Not published14 Ryecroft Lane, Worsley, M28 2PN
Received Not published342 - 344 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2HY
Received Not published8 Oakwood Avenue, Swinton, M27 6NR
Received Not published19 Parkstone Lane, Worsley, M28 2PW
Received Not published37 Victory Road, Cadishead, M44 5EB
Received Not published113 Cavendish Road, Salford, M7 4NB
Received Not published46 Wellington Street East, Salford, M7 4DW
Received Not published26 Clarendon Road, Swinton, M27 4BP
Received Not published338A Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 0EF
Received Not published14 Rutland Road, Worsley, M28 7DT
Received Not publishedLockett Gardens, Salford
Received Not published14 Clifton Drive, Wardley, Swinton, M27 9GX
Received Not published1 Lime Avenue, Swinton, M27 0GF
Received Not published8 Sefton Drive, Worsley, M28 2NQ
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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