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.
18,554 approved · 2,318 refused · 1,227 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Thistledown Close, Eccles, M30 7TD
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 63 Lambton Road, Worsley, M28 2SU
Received Not publishedLand At Deans Field And, Moorside Primary And High School, Swinton
Received Not published6 Duchy Avenue, Worsley, M28 7HB
Received Not published44 Beatrice Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 2TN
Received Not publishedLand Off Vicars Hall Lane And Highclove Lane , Boothstown, Salford
Received Not published22 Whitewater Drive, Salford, M7 3AP
Received Not published329 - 331 Liverpool Road, Eccles, M30 8GF
Received Not publishedPeel Park, Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To And Behind 11 , New Hall Avenue, Eccles, Salford, M30 7LF
Received Not publishedSt Marys Roman Catholic Primary School , Milner Street, Swinton, M27 4AS
Received Not publishedSite Of The Former Worsley New Hall, , Leigh Road, , Salford, M28 2LJ
Received Not published2 Argosy Drive, Eccles, M30 7NE
Received Not published2 Anchorage Quay, Salford, M50 3XE
Received Not publishedManchester Great And New Synagogue , 30 Singleton Road, Salford, M7 4LN
Received Not published481 Ellenbrook Road, Worsley, M28 1ER
Received Not published34 Cavendish Road, Salford, M7 4WW
Received Not publishedBlock B, Peel Street, Eccles, Manchester
Received Not publishedManchester Motorcycles, 19 Memorial Road, Worsley, M28 3AQ
Received Not publishedSite Of Two New Dwellings, Roston Road, Salford
Received Not publishedUnits 1 And 2, The Deva Centre, 49 Bury Street, Salford, M3 7BB
Received Not published27 Sportside Avenue, Worsley, M28 3NP
Received Not published111 Taylorson Street South, Salford, M5 3BL
Received Not published17 Park Street, Salford, M7 4NJ
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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