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.
15,304 approved · 1,793 refused · 881 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oaklands Hospital, 19 Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8AQ
Received Not publishedMoorside Farm, Moorside Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 9LD
Received Not publishedFootpath On The Southern Side Of Gerald Road, Charlestown, Salford, M6 6DW
Received Not publishedLand To The North Of Ordsall Park, St Clements Drive, Salford
Received Not publishedCity Airport (Manchester Barton), Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7SA
Received Not publishedArnold Laver Timber , Liverpool Road, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5BZ
Received Not publishedSite Of Two New Dwellings, Roston Road, Salford
Received Not publishedAshworth And Wakefield Building, Peel Park Campus, University Of Salford, Crescent, Salford
Received Not publishedStableford Hall, Stableford Avenue, Eccles, Manchester, M30 8AP
Received Not published190 Langworthy Road, Salford, M6 5PP
Received Not published69 Broom Lane, Salford, M7 4FF
Received Not publishedSisley Cottage , Lumber Lane, Worsley, M28 2GL
Received Not published27 Houghton Lane, Swinton, M27 0DZ
Received Not published41 Irlam Avenue, Eccles, M30 0JR
Received Not published2 Weymouth Road, Eccles, M30 8WW
Received Not published6 Helmsdale, Worsley, M28 3TP
Received Not publishedAilsa House , Langworthy Road, Salford, M6 5SW
Received Not published5 Brentwood, Salford, M6 8QU
Received Not published66 Lambton Road, Worsley, M28 2ST
Received Not published142 Chatsworth Road, Swinton, M28 2NT
Received Not published73 Chatsworth Road, Swinton, M28 2WS
Received Not published30 Upper Park Road, Salford, M7 4GZ
Received Not publishedAdelphi Lads Club, 47-49 , Cannon Street, Salford, M3 6EG
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To And Behind 11 , New Hall Avenue, Eccles, M30 7FA
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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