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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
22,631 approved · 2,847 refused · 1,456 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Townsend Road, Swinton, M27 6SH
Received Not published225 Monton Road, Eccles, M30 9PS
Received Not published16 Vestris Drive, Salford, M6 8EL
Received Not published39 Clifton Drive, Wardley, Swinton, M27 9GR
Received Not published57 Normanby Street, Swinton, M27 9TL
Received Not published2 Vendale Avenue, Swinton, M27 0AW
Received Not publishedRHS Garden Bridgewater, Leigh Road, Worsley, Manchester, M28 2LJ
Received Not publishedRHS Garden Bridgewater, Leigh Road, Worsley, Manchester, M28 2LJ
Received Not published14 Isaac Close, Salford, M5 4GL
Received Not publishedMulvaneys , 40 St Stephen Street, Salford, M3 6AY
Received Not publishedMulvaneys, 40 St Stephen Street, Salford, M3 6AY
Received Not published97 Nevile Road, Salford, M7 3PP
Received Not publishedCharles House, Albert Street, Eccles, M30 0PW
Received Not publishedMast Prospect Grange Farm, Astley Road, Irlam, Manchester, M44 5LJ
Received Not publishedCar Park, Frederick Road Campus, , M6 6PU
Received Not publishedIrwell House , 40-42 Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6NY
Received Not published6 Jonquil Drive, Worsley, M28 0JW
Received Not published14 Ladybridge Avenue, Worsley, M28 3BP
Received Not published2 Cranford Close, Swinton, M27 5LZ
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5JT
Received Not publishedCar Park, Frederick Road Campus, , M6 6PU
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5J
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5JT
Received Not published21 And 21A Parsonage Road, Worsley, M28 3SJ
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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