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
21,156 approved · 2,684 refused · 1,391 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58-60 , Rugby Street, M8 9SN
Received Not published467 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 9RH
Received Not publishedMorland Lodge , 3 Victoria Avenue, Eccles, M30 9HX
Received Not published25 Lumber Lane, Worsley, M28 2GJ
Received Not published31 Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not published31 Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not published9 - 11 Church Road, Eccles, M30 0DL
Received Not publishedWilburn Basin, Ordsall Lane, Salford
Received Not published10 Rutland Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9FA
Received Not published345 Moorside Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 9HH
Received Not published65 Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8RF
Received Not publishedMetroplex Business Park, Broadway, Salford, M50 2UE
Received Not publishedCustom House, Furness Quay, Salford, M50 3XX
Received Not published7 Hinchley Way, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 6HB
Received Not published26 St Georges Crescent, Worsley, M28 3AN
Received Not published8 Palatine Close, Irlam, M44 6ZJ
Received Not publishedUnit 4, Wardley Industrial Estate, Holloway Drive, Worsley, Manchester, M28 2LA
Received Not published4 Ivy Gardens, Salford, M7 4NY
Received Not published1-3 Bolton Road And, 6-10 High Street, Worsley, M28 3AX
Received Not published334 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 7ER
Received Not publishedBurgess Farm, Hilton Lane, Worsley, M28 3TL
Received Not publishedCopthorne Hotel Manchester, Clippers Quay, Salford, M50 3XP
Received Not published50 Chelford Drive, Swinton, Salford, M27 9HJ
Received Not published33-37 Cottenham Lane, Salford, M7 1TW
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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