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.
15,865 approved · 1,865 refused · 956 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
141 Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8NB
Received Not published9 Bradford Road, Eccles, M30 9FB
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Former Soreen Factory, Taylor Road, Trafford Park, M41 7TF
Received Not publishedSite Of 32 New Apartments, Barton Road, Eccles, Manchester
Received Not published20 Newholme Gardens, Worsley, M28 3ZA
Received Not published78 Manchester Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 5FG
Received Not publishedArticle 16 -Trafford Council, Land At Manchester Road, Carrington
Received Not published7 Lindsay Avenue, Swinton, M27 5SD
Received Not published14 Nansen Avenue, Eccles, M30 8AT
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Plot E2 Logisitic North, South Of A6 (Salford Road/Manchester Road West) Bolton
Received Not publishedNewbury Place, Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4EA
Received Not publishedDock Office, Trafford Road, Salford, M50 3XB
Received Not published13A Kensington Drive, Salford, M5 5LS
Received Not published5 Dronfield Road, Salford, M6 7FN
Received Not published29 Gaskell Road, Eccles, M30 0HP
Received Not publishedLand Side Of The Delph , 2 Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2GD
Received Not publishedLand On Cleggs Lane And Corner Of Falcon Drive, Worsley, M38 9SN
Received Not published38 Broughton Road, Salford, M6 6LS
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 5B Half Edge Lane, Eccles, M30 9GJ
Received Not publishedR Braidwood And Sons Transport Ltd , Lester Road, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 0PT
Received Not publishedLand Off Moss Lane, Worsley, M28 3NN
Received Not publishedLand Off Moss Lane, Worsley, M28 3NN
Received Not publishedLand At Castle Irwell, Between Kersal Dale, Castle Irwell Student Village And Littleton Road, Salford
Received Not publishedFormer Land West Of Ordsall Hall, Taylorson Street, Salford
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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