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.
15,003 approved · 1,741 refused · 862 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Ampney Close, Eccles, M30 7NL
Received Not published5 Mulgrave Road, Worsley, M28 2RW
Received Not published4 Brereton Drive, Worsley, M28 2GW
Received Not published17 Longley Drive, Worsley, M28 2TP
Received Not published87 Park Street, Swinton, M27 4UN
Received Not published94 Chatsworth Road, Swinton, M28 2NT
Received Not published21 And 23 Shackleton Street, Eccles, M30 8AE
Received Not published26 Edenvale, Worsley, M28 1YR
Received Not published7 Dakota Avenue, Salford, M50 2PU
Received Not publishedClarendon Cottage Preparatory School , Half Edge Lane, Eccles, M30 9BJ
Received Not publishedPets At Home, Unit 38, Regents Park, Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3TP
Received Not published20 Trent Drive, Worsley, M28 0TS
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To, 47 Vine Street, Salford, M7 3PG
Received Not published380 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2HW
Received Not published40 Trenant Road, Salford, M6 7ES
Received Not published4 Ohio Avenue, Salford, M50 2GT
Received Not published4 Ohio Avenue, Salford, M50 2GT
Received Not published1 Pensby Close, Swinton, M27 8SQ
Received Not published1 - 3 Memorial Road, Worsley, M28 3AQ
Received Not published49 Rydal Crescent, Swinton, M27 5WS
Received Not published20 Nansen Avenue, Eccles, M30 8AT
Received Not publishedAlbert Street, Eccles, M30 0LN
Received Not published19 Sharp Street, Worsley, M28 3LX
Received Not published2 Bank Lane, Salford, M6 7LP
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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