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.
17,700 approved · 2,152 refused · 1,167 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Grange Drive, Eccles, M30 9JG
Received Not publishedLand To North Of Middlewood Street And East Of Oldfield Road, Salford (Middlewood Locks)
Received Not publishedALDI, 51 Swinton Hall Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4BL
Received Not published15 Moss Bank Road, Wardley, Swinton, Manchester, M27 9UJ
Received Not publishedLand Formerly Griffin Hotel, Lower Broughton Road, Salford
Received Not publishedMontford Street, Salford, M50 2XD
Received Not publishedRHS Bridgewater, Worsley, M28 1HP
Received Not publishedWest One Retail Park, West One Way, Salford, M50 1ZD
Received Not published19 Devoke Avenue, Worsley, M28 7EN
Received Not published272 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 9UW
Received Not publishedSpectrum, Commercial Unit Block 10 , Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7EA
Received Not published72 Broadway, Worsley, M28 7FF
Received Not publishedKosher Savers, Knoll Street, Salford, M7 4ED
Received Not published1 De La Salle Way, Salford, M6 8ER
Received Not published188 Manchester Road, Worsley, M28 3LU
Received Not published25 Fairway, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4JD
Received Not publishedSpringwood Primary School, Craig Hall And Former Munchkins Nursery, Preston Avenue, Irlam, M44 5XB
Received Not published7 Romney Street, Salford, M6 6DG
Received Not publishedConstance House, 5 Missouri Avenue, Salford, M50 2NP
Received Not published1 The Chanters, Worsley, M28 7XL
Received Not publishedLand At The Junction Of Langworthy Road And , Eccles New Road , Salford, M5 4UF
Received Not published14 Parrfold Avenue, Worsley, M28 7HD
Received Not published30 Carlton Road, Salford, M6 7EW
Received Not publishedAshtonfields Site Part Of British Coal Yard , Ravenscraig Road, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9PU
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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