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.
17,995 approved · 2,213 refused · 1,186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit T2, Residential Tower Phase 1, Lowry Designer Outlet Mall, Salford Quays, Salford 5
Received Not publishedLowry Designer Outlet, The Quays, Salford
Received Not published66-68 Whittle Street, Worsley, M28 3WY
Received Not published585 Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 5BE
Received Not publishedMayfield Court, Mayfield Road, Salford, M7 3WZ
Received Not published37B Stafford Road, Eccles, M30 9HN
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 17 Knights Grove, Swinton, M27 0GL
Received Not published14 Cavendish Road, Salford, M7 4WW
Received Not published7 Rixtonleys Drive, Irlam, M44 6RN
Received Not published293 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 0QN
Received Not publishedSt Marys Church, Ellenbrook Road, Worsley, M28 1FR
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 10 Lynton Crescent, Worsley, M28 7GB
Received Not publishedRoyal Manchester Childrens Hospital, Hospital Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4HA
Received Not published23 Greenleach Lane, Worsley, M28 2RX
Received Not published7 Legh Street, Salford, M7 4EF
Received Not published400-404 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4EY
Received Not published9 Kingsway, Pendlebury, M27 4JU
Received Not publishedMET Engineering Ltd , Mode Wheel Road, Salford, M5 5DQ
Received Not published17 The Wicheries, Worsley, M28 0YN
Received Not published19 Broadway, Worsley, M28 7DS
Received Not publishedIrlam And Cadishead Community High School, Macdonald Road, Irlam, M44 5LH
Received Not published1 Queen Anne Drive, Worsley, M28 1ZF
Received Not publishedSainsburys Supermarket, 100 Regent Road, Salford, M5 4QU
Received Not published38 Hankinson Way, Salford, M6 5JA
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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