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
23,194 approved · 2,925 refused · 1,488 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ellesmere Shopping Centre, Unit 175 , Bolton Road, Worsley, M28 3ZH
Received Not publishedLand Off Omega Drive , Northbank Industrial Estate, Irlam, M44 5GR
Received Not publishedEllesmere Retail Park, G13 , New Ellesmere Approach, Worsley, M28 3UD
Received Not publishedEllesmere Retail Park, G13 , New Ellesmere Approach, Worsley, M28 3UD
Received Not published1 Greylag Crescent, Worsley, M28 7AB
Received Not publishedFitzwarren Court , Rosehill Close, Salford, M6 5LN
Received Not publishedLand Off Hilton Lane, Worsley, M28 3YB
Received Not publishedTown Hall Hotel , 106 Church Street, Eccles, M30 0LH
Received Not published6 Saddlecote, Worsley, M28 2HB
Received Not published8 The Chanters, Worsley, M28 7XL
Received Not publishedUnit B2, West One Retail Park, West One Way, Salford, M50 1ZD
Received Not publishedFairhills Industrial Estate, Tesco Stores Ltd , Woodrow Way, Irlam, M44 6BL
Received Not publishedFormer Manchester Racecourse Turnstiles Building , Cromwell Road, Salford, M6 6DB
Received Not published21 Nadine Street, Salford, M6 5WG
Received Not published4 Oldcott Close, Worsley, M28 1UN
Received Not published35 And 37 Singleton Road, Salford, M7 4NN
Received Not published1A Hayfield Road, Salford, M6 8PZ
Received Not published15 Milnthorpe Street, Salford, M6 6DS
Received Not publishedDock Office, Trafford Road, Salford, M50 3XB
Received Not publishedQUEENSWAY, PENDLEBURY, M278FH
Received Not published11 Stubbs Close, Salford, M7 3BD
Received Not published10 Wrenswood Drive, Worsley, M28 7GS
Received Not publishedBotany Bay Wood, Grange Road, Eccles
Received Not publishedCousins Furniture Store, 1 North Phoebe Street, Salford, M5 4EA
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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