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.
15,491 approved · 1,814 refused · 900 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Irlam Industrial Estate, Liverpool Road, Irlam, Manchester
Received Not published4 Moorfield Road, Swinton, M27 0FL
Received Not publishedLand Between Claude Avenue And , Priestley Road, Swinton, M28 2LX
Received Not published1-15 Owlwood Close , Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 0FG
Received Not published310 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2HQ
Received Not published7 Wyre Drive, Worsley, M28 1HH
Received Not publishedHoney Pot Cottage , 46 Roe Green, Worsley, M28 2RF
Received Not publishedBurgess Farm , Hilton Lane, Worsley, M28 3TL
Received Not published3 Woodlands Close, Worsley, M28 2JP
Received Not published11A Queen Street, Little Hulton, M38 0WH
Received Not published105-107 , Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 4AA
Received Not published6 Goldcrest Close, Worsley, M28 7XB
Received Not publishedThe Albion, Unit 14 , Brunel Avenue, Salford, M5 4BE
Received Not published30 Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6NY
Received Not published31 Derby Road, Salford, M6 5YD
Received Not published30 Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6NY
Received Not publishedSutherland House , 303 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6AY
Received Not published127 Worsley Avenue, Worsley, M28 0HZ
Received Not published15 Rivington Grove, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5YT
Received Not publishedSt Peters Church Of England Primary School, Vicarage Road, Swinton, M27 0WA
Received Not publishedLand At Knights Grove, Swinton
Received Not publishedAlcock House, Apartment 1 , Dearmans Place, Salford, M3 5DX
Received Not publishedUnits 1 & 2 Ellesmere Retail Park, New Ellesmere Approach , Walkden , M28 3ZH
Received Not publishedFormer Irlam Conservative Club , Astley Road, Irlam, M44 6AB
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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