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.
16,186 approved · 1,905 refused · 984 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Talden , 2D Legh Road, Salford, M7 4RT
Received Not published253 Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9PS
Received Not publishedClowes Park , Old Hall Road, Salford, M7 4JX
Received Not published3 Woodlands Close, Worsley, M28 2JP
Received Not published9 The Coppice, Swinton, M28 2NS
Received Not published116 Mill Brow, Worsley, M28 2WL
Received Not published18 Fairmount Road, Swinton, M27 0EP
Received Not published323 Moorside Road, Swinton, M27 9PN
Received Not publishedUnit 1, Dickinson Street, Salford, M3 7LW
Received Not publishedWorsley Leisure Centre , Bridgewater Road, Worsley, M28 3AB
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Berkeley Court, 150 Bury Old Road, Manchester, M7 4QZ
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of , 13 Hazelhurst Road, Worsley, M28 2SX
Received Not publishedAshtonfields Site Part Of British Coal Yard, Ravenscraig Road, Little Hulton, Manchester
Received Not published73 Castleway, Salford, M6 7AL
Received Not published9 Parrfield Road, Worsley, M28 2JH
Received Not publishedHealth Centre, Blackcroft Close, Swinton, M27 0NG
Received Not publishedFormer 147 Car Park, Rothwell Street, Worsley, M28 3TR
Received Not published10 Reedmaker Place, Swinton, M27 9LN
Received Not published13 Lansdowne Drive, Worsley, M28 7HG
Received Not publishedTransco Compound, Martens Road, Irlam
Received Not published268-272 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2LA
Received Not published49 Clifton Road, Eccles, M30 9QS
Received Not published30 Franklin Street, Eccles, M30 0QZ
Received Not published44 Moss Side Road, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5JJ
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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