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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.
14,668 approved · 1,698 refused · 810 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Doughty Avenue, Eccles, M30 9AF
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5JT
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Salford, Allerton Building And Theatre , Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6PU
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5JT
Received Not publishedLand Formerly 140, Trafford Road, Eccles, M30 0FX
Received Not published292 Littleton Road, Salford, M7 3QG
Received Not published24 Breck Road, Eccles, M30 8WQ
Received Not published19 Folly Lane, Swinton, M27 0DF
Received Not published20 Brantwood Road, Salford, M7 4FL
Received Not published234 Great Clowes Street, Salford, M7 2DY
Received Not published29 Park Road, Salford, M6 8JP
Received Not publishedNorth Of 44 , Sapling Road, Swinton, M27 0BZ
Received Not publishedRHS Bridgewater, Worsley, M28 1HP
Received Not published28 King Street And 49-51 Queen Street, Blackfriars, Salford, M3 7DG
Received Not published28 King Street And 49-51 Queen Street, Blackfriars, Salford, M3 7DG
Received Not publishedUnit 1 Zerega Way , And Units 2 & 3 Waterman Walk Clippers Quay , Salford , M50 3BS
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not publishedG38, Lowry Designer Outlet, The Quays, Salford, M50 3AG
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not publishedSite B Pavement North East Side Of , New Bailey Street , Corner Of Browncross Street, Salford, M3 5FS
Received Not published27 Chapel Road, Swinton, M27 0HF
Received Not published8 Broom Avenue, Salford, M7 4RU
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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