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
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
20,143 approved · 2,538 refused · 1,340 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
2A Prospect Road, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5AW
Received Not publishedThe Regent Site, The Quays, Salford
Received Not publishedFormer Cutacre Open-cast Mining Site, Land To The South Of The A6 (Salford Road/Manchester Road West)
Received Not published43 Stanley Road, Salford, M7 4FR
Received Not published11 Axford Close, Salford, M7 4ZF
Received Not published45 Gore Crescent, Salford, M5 5LT
Received Not publishedLand Formerly Our Lady The Lancashire Martyrs School, Wicheaves Crescent, Worsley, Manchester
Received Not published266 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 2YJ
Received Not publishedLand West Of A J Bell Stadium And, North Of The Manchester Ship Canal
Received Not published5 Parkstone Lane, Worsley, M28 2PW
Received Not published23 Parkstone Road, Irlam, M44 6LB
Received Not published7 Vernon Road, Salford, M7 4NW
Received Not publishedMotorsave Ltd, Barkan Way, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 8SF
Received Not published11 Holly Avenue, Worsley, M28 3DW
Received Not publishedCleggs Lane, Little Hulton
Received Not published41 Chiltern Drive, Swinton, M27 5QD
Received Not publishedUnit 5, Lissadel Science Park, Wynne Street, Salford, M6 6AD
Received Not published235 Bolton Road, Salford, M6 7HP
Received Not publishedClippers Quay, Salford, M50 3XP
Received Not publishedLand North Of Senior St, Springfield Lane , M3 7GE
Received Not published54 Broom Lane, Salford, M7 4RS
Received Not published17 Carnarvon Street, Salford, M7 4QH
Received Not published7 Doefield Avenue, Worsley, M28 7GT
Received Not published5 Sefton Drive, Worsley, M28 2NG
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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