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.
15,268 approved · 1,787 refused · 879 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Campbell Road Playing Fields, Campbell Road, Swinton
Received Not published49 Milnthorpe Street, Salford, M6 6DS
Received Not published2 Brereton Drive, Worsley, M28 2GW
Received Not publishedFormer Cutacre Open-cast Mining Site, Land To The South Of The A6 (Salford Road/Manchester Road West)
Received Not published1 Greenside Drive, Irlam, M44 6ZF
Received Not published6 Oakwood Avenue, Swinton, M27 6NR
Received Not published37 Greenleach Lane, Worsley, M28 2RX
Received Not published430 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2NE
Received Not published61 Bolton Road, Salford, M6 7HN
Received Not publishedDeva Centre, Trinity Way, Salford
Received Not publishedCrescent House, University Of Salford, Crescent, Salford
Received Not published11 Standfield Shopping Centre, Worsley, M28 1FB
Received Not published2 Degas Close, Salford, M7 3BG
Received Not published460 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4LH
Received Not publishedCollege Croft, Eccles, M30 0AN
Received Not publishedArmitage Labour Club, Madams Wood Road, Worsley, M28 0JU
Received Not publishedSillavan Way Industrial Estate, Sillavan Way, Salford
Received Not published2 Sefton Drive, Worsley, M28 2NQ
Received Not published5 Poplar Road, Eccles, M30 9LD
Received Not published11 Standfield Shopping Centre, Worsley, M28 1FB
Received Not published14 Eskrigge Close, Salford, M7 4QL
Received Not published5 Crompton Street, Worsley, M28 3HP
Received Not publishedCavendish House, 27 Cavendish Road, Eccles, M30 9JE
Received Not publishedHoliday Inn Express, Waterfront Quay, Salford, M50 3XW
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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