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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
21,156 approved · 2,684 refused · 1,391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Units 8 And 11, Delta Works, Chadwick Road, Eccles, M30 0WU
Received Not published295 Moorside Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 9PJ
Received Not publishedCity Wharf , 30 New Bailey Street, Salford, , M3 5ER
Received Not published66 Thorn Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5QT
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Former Cutacre Opencast Mining Site, Land To The South, Of The A6 (Salford Road/Manchester Road West)
Received Not publishedUnits 1 & 2 , Red Rose Retail Park, Regent Road, Salford, M5 3GR
Received Not publishedWardley Grange Farm, Manchester Road, Worsley, M27 9GN
Received Not published282 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 2YJ
Received Not publishedLand Off Teneriffe Street, Great Clowes Street, Salford
Received Not publishedFormer Swinton Post Office, 82 Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5XB
Received Not published12 Brentwood Drive, Eccles, M30 9LT
Received Not published55 Beverley Road, Swinton, M27 4HZ
Received Not published27 Stafford Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9HN
Received Not published13 Leaconfield Drive, Worsley, M28 2WE
Received Not publishedLand At Quay Point Off Broadway, Salford Quays, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not publishedNew Elevated Chord Railway Linking The Bolton Lines Railway Near The Castlefield Centre With The Chat Moss Lines Railway Near Salford Central Station In The Ordsall Area.
Received Not published81 Newearth Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 7UT
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Trafford Road, Archie Street And Elmira Way , 211 Trafford Road, Salford, M5 3DJ
Received Not publishedUnit 2, Dakota South, Salford, M50 2PU
Received Not publishedUnit 2, Dakota South, Salford, M50 2PU
Received Not published74 Broadway, Worsley, M28 7FF
Received Not published2 Park Drive, Eccles, M30 9JR
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent Premier Inn, Irwell Street, Salford
Received Not published9 Sandringham Gardens, Salford, M7 1AN
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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