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.
15,511 approved · 1,815 refused · 909 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Gorse Road, Swinton, M27 5QZ
Received Not publishedClarendon Streetworks, Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 4FX
Received Not publishedPlot 1 New Bailey / Plots B2/B3 Salford Central Masterplan At Land Southwest New Bailey Street And Southeast Salford Central Station , M3 5ET
Received Not published6 Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8AN
Received Not publishedVoyager, Furness Quay, Salford, M50 3XZ
Received Not publishedMoss House Farm, Moss Lane, Glazebrook, Warrington, WA3 5PL
Received Not publishedCorner Of Sportside Avenue, Worsley, M28 3NP
Received Not published2 Anchorage Quay, Salford, M50 3XE
Received Not published50 Cliftonville Drive, Swinton, M27 5NA
Received Not publishedLand Off, Manchester Road West And Wharton Lane, Little Hulton
Received Not publishedAgecroft Road, Pendlebury, Swinton
Received Not publishedPLOT F2/H, Bridgewater Avenue, Logistics North, Bolton , BL5 1BT
Received Not publishedMiddlewood Locks , Land North Of Middlewood Street, And East Of Oldfield Road, Salford, M5 4GU
Received Not publishedLand On The North East Corner Of White And, Red, Media City, Salford
Received Not published221 - 223 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 4TD
Received Not published66 Beatrice Road, Worsley, M28 2TN
Received Not published11 Keswick Grove, Salford, M6 5LR
Received Not published5 Springwood Avenue, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 5EA
Received Not publishedCarpet Right, 212 Regent Road, Salford, M5 3GR
Received Not publishedRHS Bridgewater, Worsley, M28 1HP
Received Not publishedLand At , Worrall Street, Salford, M5 4TH
Received Not published32 Old Hall Road, Salford, M7 4JH
Received Not published2 Botany Road, Eccles, M30 8JS
Received Not published4 Standfield Shopping Centre, Worsley, M28 1FB
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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