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.
18,570 approved · 2,321 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
460 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4LH
Received Not published392 Liverpool Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 8QD
Received Not published392 Liverpool Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 8QD
Received Not published10 Ashdown Drive, Swinton, Salford, M27 5LG
Received Not published34 The Parade, Swinton Square Shopping Centre, Swinton, Salford, M27 4BH
Received Not published11 Dronfield Road, Salford, M6 7FN
Received Not published3 Dellcot Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2PT
Received Not publishedThe Lodge Old Warke Dam , Woodstock Drive, Worsley, M28 2WP
Received Not published27 Portland Road, Worsley, M28 3RR
Received Not published254 Manchester Road West, Little Hulton, M38 9UX
Received Not published68 Cemetery Road South, Swinton, M27 9TH
Received Not publishedNew Ellesmere Approach, Worsley, M28 3EE
Received Not published27 Montonfields Road, Eccles, M30 8AW
Received Not published8 Ferndown Drive, Irlam, M44 6JP
Received Not published48 Sandringham Road, Worsley, M28 1LX
Received Not publishedKnowles Court , Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8ES
Received Not published11 The Coppice, Swinton, M28 2NS
Received Not publishedUnits 5 And 6 , Overman Way, Agecroft, Salford, M27 8UJ
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Pahse 3 Infrastructure , Logistics North, Cutacre , Bolton
Received Not publishedFormer Cutacre Open-cast Mining Site, Land To The South Of The A6 (Salford Road/Manchester Road West)
Received Not publishedLark Hill Farm , Astley Road, Irlam, M44 5LS
Received Not published14 Welbeck Grove, Salford, M7 4DH
Received Not published1 Walnut Close, Swinton, M27 6NH
Received Not published48 Wellington Street East, Salford, M7 4DW
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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