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.
14,027 approved · 1,599 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 - 47 Birchfield Drive And , Land Adjacent To 33 Simpson Grove, Boothstown, Worsley, M28 1ND
Received Not published178 Oaklands Road, Salford, M7 3GP
Received Not published13 Old Hall Road, Salford, M7 4JJ
Received Not published13 Westbrook Road, Swinton, M27 5ZQ
Received Not published359 Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 0FJ
Received Not published5 Welbeck Road, Worsley, M28 2SL
Received Not publishedBatleys, Ohio Avenue, Salford, M50 2GT
Received Not publishedMedia City , Land At Quays Point, 111 Broadway, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not publishedConavon Court, 12 Blackfriars Street, Salford, M3 5BQ
Received Not publishedBoothman Court, Half Edge Lane, Eccles, M30 9ET
Received Not publishedStore Adjacent 2, Rutland Avenue, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 6EU
Received Not published9 Mayfield Road, Salford, M7 3WZ
Received Not publishedConavon Court, Blackfriars Street, Salford
Received Not publishedWallness Tavern, 29-31 Wallness Lane, Salford, M6 6AL
Received Not published71 Hilton Lane, Worsley, M28 0SY
Received Not published29 Tully Street, Salford, M7 2BB
Received Not published37 - 39 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4AS
Received Not published52 Brierley Road West, Swinton, Manchester, M27 9TP
Received Not publishedHousman Court, 484 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4WE
Received Not publishedEllesmere House, 1 Sandwich Road And Queenscroft Sandwich Road, Eccles, M30 9HD
Received Not published7 Saltire Gardens, Salford, M7 4BG
Received Not publishedLand Between Helen Street And, Lower Broughton Road, Salford
Received Not published6 and 8 , Leicester Avenue, Salford, M7 4HA
Received Not publishedBoag Farm, Chat Moss Estate, Irlam, Article 16
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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