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.
16,943 approved · 2,021 refused · 1,077 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Edison Road Tennis Courts, Edison Road, Eccles
Received Not published2 New Hall Avenue, Salford, M7 4JU
Received Not publishedUnit 37 Cleggs Lane Industrial Estate, Little Hulton, M38 9PU
Received Not publishedExisting Vacant Plot Of Land Between Malvern Close And St John St Salford
Received Not published26 Brantwood Road, Salford, M7 4FL
Received Not publishedChapel Street, Salford, M3 7NH
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not publishedFlat 1 And 2, 1 Grecian Street, Salford, M7 1JF
Received Not published4 Greenacre Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PQ
Received Not published37 Holden Road, Salford, M7 4LR
Received Not publishedLand On Wildbrook Road, Little Hulton, M38 0ES
Received Not publishedKenyon Way, Little Hulton, (Kenyon Gateway Phase 1)
Received Not publishedPavement Adjacent William Hill , 56 Church Street, Eccles, M30 0DA
Received Not published2 Boardman Street, Eccles, Salford, M30 0FQ
Received Not published254 Middleton Road, Manchester, M8 4WA
Received Not publishedLand North Of Mosley Common , South Of The Guided Busway, Worsley
Received Not publishedLand At Hill Top Road And Walkden Cricket Club, Harriet Street, Worsley, M28 3QA
Received Not publishedRyecroft , Aviary Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 2WF
Received Not publishedRailway Inn, 600 Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 5AA
Received Not published33 Grange Road, Eccles, M30 8JW
Received Not published90 Worsley Road North, Worsley, Salford, M28 3QW
Received Not published67 New Moss Road, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5JW
Received Not published8 Park Avenue, Salford, M7 4SF
Received Not published4 Trojan Gardens, Salford, M7 2JP
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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