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.
17,736 approved · 2,161 refused · 1,171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
267 Rivington Crescent, Swinton, M27 8TQ
Received Not publishedRydal Avenue , Eccles , M30 8DP
Received Not published97 Seedley Park Road, Salford, M6 5WU
Received Not published1 Walnut Close, Swinton, M27 6NH
Received Not publishedUnit 2 The Albion , Brunel Avenue, Salford, M5 4BE
Received Not published425 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2EZ
Received Not published23 Hyde Road, Worsley, M28 3SE
Received Not published5 Broad Oak Road, Worsley, M28 2TL
Received Not publishedVacant Land Bounded By , Trafford Road And Elmira Way, Salford
Received Not publishedAshleigh Care Home , 2 Belgrave Crescent, Eccles, M30 9AE
Received Not published209 Bury New Road, Salford, M8 8DU
Received Not published304 Great Clowes Street, Salford, M7 2HD
Received Not publishedSalford City College Walkden Sixth Form Centre , Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 7QD
Received Not published2 Devonshire Road, Eccles, M30 0WX
Received Not published5 Gorse Road, Swinton, M27 5QZ
Received Not published14 Oakwood Drive, Worsley, M28 3HN
Received Not publishedVacant Land Bounded By, Fairbrother Street, Ordsall Lane And River Irwell, Salford, M5 3EN
Received Not publishedRoyal Oak , 34 Barton Lane, Eccles, M30 0EN
Received Not published205B Old Clough Lane, Worsley, M28 7JB
Received Not publishedBoat House Inn, Ferry Road, Irlam, M44 6DN
Received Not publishedOrdsall Hall, 322 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3AN
Received Not publishedWoodrow Way, Fairhills Industrial Estate, Irlam, M44 6ZQ
Received Not publishedSt Johns Church, Murray Street, Salford, M7 2DX
Received Not published19 Horseley Avenue, Worsley, M28 3YA
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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