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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
21,897 approved · 2,760 refused · 1,435 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 -15 King Edward Buildings, Bury Old Road, Salford, M7 4QJ
Received Not published14 - 15 14 -15 King Edward Buildings, Bury Old Road, Salford, M7 4QJ
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published25-27 Church Street, Eccles, M30 0BJ
Received Not publishedFormer Irwell Valley Campus , Off Blandford Road, Blandford Road, Salford, M6 6BD
Received Not publishedFormer Castle Irwell Student Village, Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published243 Bolton Road, Salford, M6 7HP
Received Not published23 New Hall Road, Salford, M7 4EL
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To The Ellesmere, Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 7BQ
Received Not publishedLand At Hill Top Road And Walkden Cricket Club, Harriet Street, Worsley, M28 3QA
Received Not publishedSite Of Former Eventcity, , Barton Dock Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, M41 7TB
Received Not publishedLand East Of, Irlam Wharf Road, Irlam, M44 5BP
Received Not published25 Crescent, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not publishedHelena House , Woolden Road, Cadishead, Irlam, Salford, M44 5JX
Received Not publishedLand At Winders Way, Frederick Road, Wynne Street, Lissadel Street And Strawberry Hill, Salford
Received Not published221 - 223 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 4TD
Received Not published9 Carnarvon Street, Salford, Salford, M7 4QH
Received Not published125 Monton Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9HQ
Received Not publishedBuilding 3 - 4 Anchorage Quay, Salford, M50 3XE
Received Not published2 And 4 Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8AN
Received Not publishedAdvert Site At Junction Of Bentcliffe Way And, Gilda Brook Road, Eccles
Received Not published10 Windale, Worsley, Salford, M28 0SR
Received Not published181 Oaklands Road, Salford, M7 3QQ
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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