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.
15,721 approved · 1,843 refused · 937 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
160 Vicars Hall Lane, Worsley, M28 1HY
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 29 Winster Road, Eccles, M30 7DP
Received Not published2 Acton Square, Salford, M5 4NY
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 375, Trafford Road, Eccles, Manchester
Received Not publishedSoapworks , Colgate Lane, Salford, M5 3LZ
Received Not published38 Cromwell Road, Eccles, M30 0GT
Received Not published140 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4GA
Received Not published24 Brandwood Close, Worsley, M28 1XX
Received Not publishedLand North Of Senior Street, Springfield Lane, Salford
Received Not publishedUnit 5, Union Street, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, M27 4HL
Received Not publishedUnit B, Orange Tower, Green, Media City, Salford, M50 2HE
Received Not published201 Langworthy Road, Salford, M6 5PW
Received Not publishedStanley Street, Salford
Received Not published5A Broadway, Worsley, Salford, M28 7DF
Received Not publishedBoothsbank Park, Boothsbank Avenue, Worsley, Salford, M28 1EZ
Received Not publishedLand On Green Lane, Eccles, M30 0RP
Received Not published134 Rake Lane, Swinton, Salford, M27 8RH
Received Not publishedSite Of 263 New Apartments , Chapel Street, Salford, M3 7NH
Received Not published6 And 8 , Legh Street, Salford, M7 4EF
Received Not publishedGarages, Cawdor Street, Eccles
Received Not publishedLand To The East Of , Greylag Crescent, Worsley
Received Not published22 Greenleach Lane, Worsley, M28 2RU
Received Not publishedSalix Homes, Diamond House, 2 Peel Cross Road, Salford, M5 4DT
Received Not publishedHanlon Fencing , Langley Road, Swinton, M6 6JW
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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