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.
15,099 approved · 1,760 refused · 867 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Of New Dwelling, 248 Leigh Road
Received Not published26 Dryden Avenue, Swinton, M27 0JY
Received Not published9 Spindlepoint Drive, Worsley, M28 7GL
Received Not published5 Saddlecote, Worsley, M28 2HB
Received Not published1 Beechwood Drive, Worsley, M28 2WA
Received Not published1 Harecastle Avenue, Eccles, M30 0LF
Received Not published38 Wilbraham Road, Worsley, M28 3LL
Received Not publishedLand Off Hilton Lane, Worsley, M28 3YB
Received Not publishedMetro (rooftop), 33 Trafford Road, Salford
Received Not published343 Worsley Road, Eccles, M30 8HU
Received Not published12 Sulway Close, Swinton, M27 4UY
Received Not published19 Briarfield Road, Worsley, M28 1GQ
Received Not published6 Devonshire Road, Eccles, M30 0WX
Received Not publishedCathedral House , 250 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5LE
Received Not published24 Stafford Road, Eccles, M30 9HW
Received Not published44 Napier Road, Eccles, M30 8AG
Received Not published304 Great Clowes Street, Salford, M7 2HD
Received Not published9 Broadway, Worsley, M28 7DS
Received Not published1 Encombe Place, Salford, M3 6FJ
Received Not publishedFormer Higher Broughton Health Centre, Bevendon Square, Salford, M7 4TP
Received Not publishedMonton Sports Club , Welbeck Road, Eccles, M30 9EH
Received Not publishedWoodland Edge Bordering Highway Within Cricket Ground Wood
Received Not publishedOld Co Op Buildings , High Street, Worsley, M28 3JE
Received Not published1 - 12 Winstanley Close, Salford, M6 7EZ
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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