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.
14,267 approved · 1,635 refused · 779 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Streetgate, Little Hulton, M38 9UR
Received Not published5 Rowan Way, Salford, M7 4EH
Received Not published111 Labrador Quay, Salford, M50 3YH
Received Not publishedFormer Ordsall Family Centre, 1 Carmel Avenue, Salford, M5 3LR
Received Not published139 Fir Street, Cadishead, M44 5AQ
Received Not publishedFormer Media City Construction Site, 111 Broadway, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not publishedSt James Roman Catholic Primary School, Colwyn Street, Salford, M6 5JG
Received Not publishedUnits F3 To F5, Nasmyth Business Centre, Green Lane, Eccles, M30 0RP
Received Not publishedLand Between The Manchester Ship Canal, Liverpool Road, Eccles
Received Not published89 Cholmondeley Road, Salford, M6 8PU
Received Not published23A Ellesmere Avenue, Eccles, M30 9GZ
Received Not published30 Broadway, Worsley, M28 7EY
Received Not publishedAlleyway To Rear Of 30 - 44 Pendlebury Road, Swinton, M27 4AR
Received Not publishedThe Stables Block, Islington Mill, James Street, Salford, M3 5HW
Received Not published9 Herevale Grange, Worsley, M28 1ZA
Received Not published4 Trinity Crescent, Worsley, M28 3LG
Received Not publishedBridson Street, Salford
Received Not published505 - 507 Liverpool Street, Salford, M6 5QQ
Received Not published13 Lansdowne Road, Eccles, M30 9PA
Received Not publishedThe Stay Inn, 55 Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7DB
Received Not publishedPeel Building University Of Salford, Crescent, Salford
Received Not published65 Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 6EH
Received Not published153 Manchester Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4FH
Received Not published14 - 36 Eldon Place, Eccles, M30 8QE
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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