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.
14,339 approved · 1,650 refused · 786 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Rutland Street, Swinton, M27 6AU
Received Not published48 Edge Fold Road, Worsley, M28 7QF
Received Not publishedOaklands Hospital , 19 Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8AQ
Received Not published36 Cannon Street, Eccles, M30 0FT
Received Not published99 Windsor Street, Salford, M5 4DG
Received Not published65 Riding Fold Lane, Worsley, M28 2UR
Received Not published31 Springclough Drive, Worsley, M28 3HS
Received Not published29 Edmund Street, Salford, M6 5WQ
Received Not publishedNorth Side Of The Crescent (A6) , Near To Salford Crescent Station , Salford , M5 4NS
Received Not publishedNorth Side Of The Crescent (A6) , Near To Salford Crescent Station , Salford , M5 4NS
Received Not publishedSwinton Palais, 9 - 11A Station Road And, 3 Wesley Street , Swinton, M27 6AH
Received Not publishedAlleygates To Rear Of 1-63 Crawford Street, , 2-84 Lansdowne Road, 177-199 Monton Road, , 1-9 Stanier Avenue , Monton, M30 9PW
Received Not published478-482 Office 3 , Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9NS
Received Not published4 Vendale Avenue, Swinton, M27 0AW
Received Not publishedLand Located South Of The River Irwell And West Of Littleton Road, Centred On Whit Lane , Charlestown, M6 6HP
Received Not published24 Ferryhill Road, Irlam, M44 6DD
Received Not published5 Chapel Meadow, Worsley, M28 1ET
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Trinity Way, Blackfriars Road, Bury Street And Garden Lane, Salford
Received Not published21 Irwell Grove, Eccles, M30 0ES
Received Not published16 The Mall, Eccles, M30 0EA
Received Not published16 Glen Avenue, Swinton, M27 9PL
Received Not published26 Collingwood Drive, Swinton, M27 5LE
Received Not publishedLand At Quay Point, Off Broadway, Salford Quays, Salford
Received Not published80 Broomhall Road, Swinton, M27 8XQ
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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