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.
16,430 approved · 1,949 refused · 1,021 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
87A Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 6EH
Received Not publishedDeva Centre, Trinity Way, Salford
Received Not publishedAdler And Allan, Harcourt Street, Worsley, Salford, M28 3GN
Received Not publishedBarton Village, Cawdor Street, Eccles, M30
Received Not published19 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9JY
Received Not publishedPlot E2, MediaCity, Broadway, Salford
Received Not published46 Thorn Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5QT
Received Not published5 The Westlands, Swinton, Salford, M27 5FT
Received Not published18 Ashcroft Avenue, Salford, M6 7AW
Received Not published149-151 Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 4AE
Received Not publishedCollier Street Baths, 2 Collier Street, Salford, M3 7DW
Received Not publishedCrescent House University Of Salford , Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not published6 Red Rose Retail Park, Regent Road, Salford, M5 3GR
Received Not publishedFormer Ford Mill Site, Ford Lane, Salford, M6 6PE
Received Not published6 Westbrook Road, Swinton, M27 5ZQ
Received Not published76 Rigby Street, Salford, M7 4BQ
Received Not published42 Northumberland Street, Salford, M7 4DG
Received Not published45 Wedgwood Road, Swinton, M27 8RS
Received Not published24 Ashley Drive, Swinton, M27 0AX
Received Not publishedCharles House , Charles Street, Salford, M6 7DU
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Land Adjacent To Rico House, George Street, Prestwich, Bury
Received Not publishedThe Old School House, Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2GD
Received Not published46A Greenleach Lane, Worsley, M28 2RG
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Development Site , Pamona Strand, Old Trafford, 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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