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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Salford City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Salford website
19,791 approved · 2,499 refused · 1,322 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 School Lane, Irlam, M44 6NR
Received Not published60 Northumberland Street, Salford, M7 4DG
Received Not published1 Brentwood Road, Swinton, M27 0EE
Received Not published2 Cavendish Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9JF
Received Not published55 Tootal Road, Salford, M5 5EG
Received Not published17 Everard Close, Worsley, Salford, M28 7TY
Received Not published1 Hopecourt Close, Salford, M6 8AS
Received Not published29 Charles Street, Swinton, M27 9UG
Received Not publishedLand Clarence Street, Salford
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published58 Welwyn Drive, Salford, M6 7PQ
Received Not publishedHeavey And Co Ltd, T-Mobile Site No 53030 At , Cawdor Street, Eccles, M30 0GJ
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not publishedLand Located South Of The River Irwell And West Of Littleton Road, Centred On Whit Lane , Charlestown, M6 6HP
Received Not publishedSalford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Stott Lane, Salford, M6 8HD
Received Not publishedLionsgate House , Lynton Road, Swinton, M27 6HD
Received Not publishedLand Off Omega Drive , Northbank Industrial Estate, Irlam, M44 5GR
Received Not published26 Ladyhill View, Worsley, M28 7LH
Received Not published135 Christie Lane, Salford, M7 3BL
Received Not published1 Lulworth Road, Eccles, M30 8WP
Received Not publishedLand At Ashton's Field Farm, Off Grosvenor Road, Walkden, M28 3RP
Received Not publishedHoliday Inn Express , Waterfront Quay, Salford, M50 3XW
Received Not published1 Dukes Wharf, Worsley, M28 2GS
Received Not publishedCorporation Road, Eccles, M30 0EQ
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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