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
21,317 approved · 2,699 refused · 1,401 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
80 Upper Park Road, Salford, M7 4JA
Received Not published80 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4AR
Received Not publishedQueenscroft , Victoria Road, Eccles, M30 9QQ
Received Not publishedRoe Green Cricket Club , Beesley Green, Worsley, M28 2QW
Received Not published4 Stafford Road, Eccles, M30 9HW
Received Not published6 Grange Road, Eccles, M30 8JQ
Received Not publishedLand Formerly Our Lady The Lancashire Martyrs School, Wicheaves Crescent, Worsley, M28 0HF
Received Not publishedEllesmere Retail Park, New Ellesmere Approach, Worsley, M28 3EE
Received Not publishedSpringwood Primary School , Barton Road, Swinton, M27 5LP
Received Not publishedFormer Pilkington Tiles, Rake Lane, Clifton, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8LP
Received Not published2 Ledbrooke Close, Salford, M5 3LD
Received Not published6 Leconfield Road, Eccles, M30 8JG
Received Not published22 Farm Lane, Worsley, M28 2PR
Received Not published4 Brierley Road East, Swinton, M27 9TQ
Received Not published3 May Road, Swinton, M27 5FS
Received Not publishedAsda , Great Cheetham Street East, Salford, M7 4UF
Received Not published20 Trevor Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 0YH
Received Not published732 Bolton Road, Swinton, M27 6EW
Received Not published732 Bolton Road, Swinton, M27 6EW
Received Not published52 Trafalgar Road, Salford, M6 8JD
Received Not published1 Orchard House , 318 Ellenbrook Road, Worsley, M28 1EB
Received Not published33 Welwyn Drive, Salford, M6 7PR
Received Not published2 Charles Street, Cadishead, M44 5JA
Received Not published1 Dimora Drive, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 8PZ
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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