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.
14,242 approved · 1,628 refused · 774 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Old Hall Road, Salford, M7 4JH
Received Not published11 Greylag Crescent, Worsley, M28 7AB
Received Not published8 Woodford Drive, Swinton, M27 9UA
Received Not published207 Langworthy Road, Salford, M6 5PW
Received Not published379A Bolton Road, Salford, M6 7NJ
Received Not published35 Moss Lane, Wardley, Swinton, M27 9RD
Received Not publishedMcDonalds Restaurant, 447 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, M27 8BB
Received Not publishedMeadowgate Road, Salford, M6 8DL
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Reddaway Close/ Gerald Road, Salford, M6 6RB
Received Not published48 Acresfield Road, Salford, M6 7GE
Received Not publishedSt John The Baptists Church, Liverpool Road, Irlam
Received Not published61 Farm Lane, Worsley, M28 2PG
Received Not published9 Maple Road, Swinton, M27 5GU
Received Not published6 Charnwood Close, Worsley, M28 3SP
Received Not published17 Boscombe Avenue, Eccles, M30 7DU
Received Not published5 - 33 Murray Street, Salford, M7 2DX
Received Not published5 And 7 Welbeck Grove, Salford, M7 4DF
Received Not published17 Harecastle Avenue, Eccles, M30 0LF
Received Not publishedUnit 14, 15A And 15B, Oakhill Trading Estate, Devonshire Road, Worsley, M28 3PT
Received Not publishedHulme Ferry Cottage, Off Daresbury Avenue, Flixton, M41 8GP, Article 10 Consultation
Received Not publishedWardley Grange Farm, Manchester Road, Worsley, M27 9GN
Received Not publishedUnit 1E And 1F, Junction Business Park, Rake Lane, Clifton, Swinton, M27 8LU
Received Not publishedFormer Gus Home Shopping Warehouse, Worsley Road, Eccles, M30 8NR
Received Not publishedLaurence Lowry Court, Lowry Drive, Pendlebury, Swinton, MANCHESTER
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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