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.
17,791 approved · 2,173 refused · 1,173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outside 11 Chadwick Road, Eccles, M30 0WP
Received Not published2 Nansen Avenue, Eccles, M30 8AT
Received Not publishedHeight Furniture, 379A Bolton Road, Salford, M6 7NJ
Received Not publishedLand At , Worrall Street, Salford, M5 4TH
Received Not publishedVirgin Media, Wardley Industrial Estate, Shield Drive, Worsley, M28 2QB
Received Not published5 Houston Park, Salford, M50 2RP
Received Not published47 Manchester Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 5FX
Received Not published2 Ashford Avenue, Worsley, M28 1JJ
Received Not published32 Bindloss Avenue, Eccles, M30 0DU
Received Not published65 Sunningdale Drive, Salford, M6 7PL
Received Not publishedSalford City Academy , Northfleet Road, Eccles, M30 7PQ
Received Not published5 Beechwood Drive, Worsley, M28 2WA
Received Not published27 Carisbrook Drive, Swinton, M27 5LS
Received Not published18 Hereford Road, Eccles, M30 9BZ
Received Not published190 Old Clough Lane, Worsley, M28 7JA
Received Not published36 Greenhaven Close, Worsley, M28 3TX
Received Not published10 Westbrook Road, Swinton, M27 5ZQ
Received Not publishedRoyal Oak, 34 Barton Lane, Eccles, M30 0EN
Received Not published23 Beatrice Road, Worsley, M28 2TW
Received Not publishedTown Hall Hotel, 106 Church Street, Eccles, M30 0LH
Received Not published19 Longley Drive, Worsley, M28 2TP
Received Not published5 Enfield Road, Eccles, M30 9NF
Received Not published6 Castlemoor Avenue, Salford, M7 3PR
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent 10, Tramway Road, Irlam, M44 5BE
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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