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.
15,204 approved · 1,777 refused · 875 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Fire Station, Clarendon Road, Irlam, Manchester
Received Not published54 Broom Lane, Salford, M7 4RS
Received Not publishedIrwell House, 40 - 42 Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6NY
Received Not publishedT J Murphy Limited And Ubu Environmental , Moss Lane, Worsley, M28 3LY
Received Not publishedBeech House Residential Care Home , Radcliffe Park Crescent, Salford, M6 7WQ
Received Not published27 Greenacre Lane, Worsley, M28 2PQ
Received Not publishedLand Formerly Griffin Hotel, Lower Broughton Road, Salford
Received Not publishedJ Fletcher Engineering , Lansdowne Road, Eccles, M30 9PD
Received Not published565 - 569 Liverpool Street, Salford, M6 5GY
Received Not published68 Wellington Street East, Salford, M7 4DW
Received Not published10 Outwood Avenue, Swinton, M27 6NP
Received Not publishedEllesmere Lodge , 28 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, M30 9RT
Received Not published29 Clarendon Crescent, Eccles, M30 9AU
Received Not published5 Half Edge Lane, Eccles, M30 9GJ
Received Not publishedPlot E7/E8 Of The Salford Central Masterplan Area Land Bound By Chapel Street To The North, North Star Drive, To The South, Islington Street To The West And Islington Park To The East.
Received Not publishedThe Garage , Broadway, Salford, M50 2TG
Received Not published4 Yarn Close, Worsley, M28 3UG
Received Not publishedPendleton Way, Salford, M6 5JT
Received Not published14 Hodge Road, Worsley
Received Not publishedPendleton Regeneration Area - Phase 3, , Liverpool Street, , Salford , M5 4BJ
Received Not published78 Houghton Lane, Swinton, M27 0BN
Received Not published23 Austen Road, Eccles, M30 0HQ
Received Not published41 Moorfield Road, Salford, M6 7EY
Received Not publishedBooths Hall , Booths Hall Road, Worsley, M28 1LB
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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