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.
18,118 approved · 2,240 refused · 1,199 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
206 Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8AL
Received Not published65 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4DA
Received Not publishedRailway Bridge Over River Irwell To West Of Wilburn Street/ Trinity Way, Salford
Received Not publishedUnit 2, Building 4, Media City, Salford, M50 2NT
Received Not published48 Wellington Road, Eccles, M30 9QW
Received Not publishedJames Brindley Community Primary School, Parrfold Avenue, Worsley, M28 7HE
Received Not publishedLand Between The Manchester Ship Canal, Liverpool Road, Eccles
Received Not published56 Rose Avenue, Irlam, M44 6AG
Received Not published11 Church Street, Eccles, M30 0DF
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To, 5 And 7 George Street North, Salford, M7 4PL
Received Not publishedDigital Park 3, Unit 7 Pacific Way, Salford, M50 1DR
Received Not published120-122 Church Street, Eccles, M30 0LS
Received Not published213-215 Langworthy Road, Salford, M6 5PW
Received Not published19A Briarfield Road, Worsley, M28 1GQ
Received Not published167 Manchester Road, Worsley, M28 3HE
Received Not publishedLand Rear Of Manchester Road, And Ash Drive, Swinton, Wardley
Received Not published82 Normanby Road, Worsley, M28 7TS
Received Not published3A Boscombe Avenue, Eccles, M30 7DU
Received Not published23 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, M30 9FE
Received Not published5 Cliff Grange, Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4EZ
Received Not publishedVehicle Rescue Service, Moss Lane, Worsley, M28 3TU
Received Not publishedLand Rear Of Manchester Road, And Ash Drive, Swinton, Wardley
Received Not published1A Everard Close, Worsley, M28 7TY
Received Not publishedGround Floor, 71-73 Seaford Road, Salford, M6 6AQ
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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