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.
15,415 approved · 1,806 refused · 891 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 10 West One Retail Park , West One Way, Salford, M50 1ZD
Received Not published9 Wildbrook Close, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 0EU
Received Not published21 Monton Avenue, Eccles, Salford, M30 9HS
Received Not publishedRutland Street, Swinton
Received Not publishedMoorfield, Moor Lane, Salford, M7 3WX
Received Not published2C Wilton Road, Salford, M6 8FP
Received Not published6 Woodgarth Drive, Swinton, M27 5GG
Received Not published11 Swinton Park Road, Salford, M6 7WR
Received Not publishedLand South Of Coronet Way, Salford, M50 1RE
Received Not publishedChurch Walk, Clifton, Swinton, M27 6PW
Received Not publishedUnit 6, Red Rose Retail Centre, Regent Road, Salford, M5 3GR
Received Not publishedPendleton College De La Salle College, Weaste Lane, Salford, M6 8QS
Received Not publishedBarton Village, Cawdor Street, Eccles, M30 0QD
Received Not publishedSite Of 30 New Dwellings, Langworthy Road, Salford
Received Not published12 Rothesay Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4HU
Received Not publishedThe British Oxygen Company Limited, Priestley Road, Swinton, M28 2LX
Received Not publishedNinian Gardens , Alfred Street, Worsley, Salford, M28 3PZ
Received Not published17 Ryecroft Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PN
Received Not published3 Bethel Court, Tetlow Lane, Salford, M7 4BF
Received Not publishedJames Brindley Community Primary School , Parrfold Avenue, Worsley, Salford, M28 7HE
Received Not published107 Mather Way, Salford, M6 5HU
Received Not published107 Mather Way, Salford, M6 5HU
Received Not publishedWentworth High School, Wentworth Road, Eccles, M30 9BP
Received Not published9 Charles Street, Salford, M6 7DU
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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