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.
14,839 approved · 1,723 refused · 840 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Two Parcels Of Land Known As "Trinity Islands", Bounded By The River Irwell, Regent Road, Water Street, Trinity Way And The Railway, , Manchester, M3 4JW
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published311 - 313 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5JY
Received Not published21 And 47 Chatsworth Road, Swinton, Salford, M28 2NU
Received Not published14 Westminster Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9EB
Received Not published7 Cavendish Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9JZ
Received Not publishedSoapworks, Colgate Lane, Salford, M5 3LZ
Received Not publishedAviva Studios (formerly Factory International), Water Street, Manchester, M3 4JQ
Received Not published110 Chapel Walks , Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5DW
Received Not publishedWainwrights Farm , Folly Lane, Swinton, Salford, M27 0DW
Received Not publishedBrook Court , 2 Moor Lane, Salford, M7 3NF
Received Not publishedClarendon Leisure Centre, Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 4HU
Received Not publishedIrlam And Cadishead Leisure Centre , Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 6BR
Received Not publishedOrdsall Leisure Centre , Craven Drive, Salford, M5 3DJ
Received Not publishedSalford Sports Village , 325 Littleton Road, Salford, M7 3NQ
Received Not publishedSwinton And Pendlebury Leisure Centre , Cromwell Road, Swinton, M27 9SZ
Received Not publishedBoothstown Community Centre, Standfield Drive, Worsley, M28 1NB
Received Not published275 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 0QN
Received Not publishedBroughton Hub , 50 Rigby Street, Salford, M7 4BQ
Received Not publishedIrlam Library , Hurst Fold, Irlam, M44 6FD
Received Not publishedEastham Way, Little Hulton, (Mount Skip)
Received Not published22 Vicars Hall Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 1HS
Received Not published1 Mallow Drive, Salford, M7 1RA
Received Not publishedAdjacent To Pond Rear Of Roe Green Lodges, Roe Green Avenue, Worsley, M28 2SA
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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