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.
16,240 approved · 1,911 refused · 990 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Formerly 278 , Leigh Road, Worsley, M28 1LH
Received Not publishedRailway View Farm, Astley Road, Irlam, M44 5LT
Received Not published2 Saltire Gardens, Salford, M7 4BG
Received Not published10 And 12 Kersal Bank, Salford, M7 4NR
Received Not publishedWeir Site, Adelphi Street, Salford , M3 6EN
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Trafford Road, Archie Street And Elmira Way , 211 Trafford Road, Salford, M5 3DJ
Received Not published164 Newearth Road, Worsley, M28 7UP
Received Not published2 Hollyhurst, Worsley, M28 2WG
Received Not publishedHoliday Inn Manchester West, Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 4LT
Received Not publishedAlbion Community Rooms, Albion Towers, Cross Lane, Salford, M5 4AH
Received Not publishedStanwell Road Playing Fields, Stanwell Road, Swinton, M27 5TD
Received Not publishedLand Between M602 And South East End Of, Lansdowne Road, Eccles
Received Not published2 Welbeck Road, Worsley, M28 2SL
Received Not publishedThe Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not published3 Stonechat Close, Worsley, M28 7XQ
Received Not publishedClifton Centre, 117 Silverdale, Clifton, Swinton, M27 8GW
Received Not published53 And 55 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4AS
Received Not published91 Bridgewater Road, Worsley, M28 3AF
Received Not publishedLand North Of Senior Street, Springfield Lane, Salford
Received Not published2 Welbeck Road, Worsley, M28 2SL
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear, Kersal Avenue, Pendlebury, Swinton
Received Not published24 Calder Lane, Eccles, M30 8EL
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear, Kersal Avenue, Pendlebury, Swinton
Received Not publishedFormer Fit City Cadishead, Lords Street, Cadishead, Manchester, M44 5EH
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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