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
26,738 approved · 3,438 refused · 1,722 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Moss House Farm, Moss Lane, Glazebrook, Irlam, WA3 5PL
Received Not published84 Broadway, Worsley, M28 7FF
Received Not published31 Doveleys Road, Salford, M6 7FQ
Received Not publishedArticle 16, Land To The East Of Peat Works Nook Lane , Astley , Tyldesley
Received Not publishedFormer Brown Cow Public House, 319 Worsley Road, Eccles, M30 8BW
Received Not publishedVacant Land Off, Somerset Road, Eccles, M30 9BT
Received Not publishedPlot Of Land East Of Vicars Street, Vicars Street, Eccles, M30 0DG
Received Not published21 Hinchley Way, Swinton, M27 6HB
Received Not published15 Kendal Road, Salford, M6 7GN
Received Not publishedCrown Bingo Hall , Church Street, Eccles, M30 0LZ
Received Not publishedWaterside , 1 Parrin Lane, Eccles, M30 8AN
Received Not publishedMontford Street, Salford, M50 2XD
Received Not published400-404 , Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4EY
Received Not published32 Oaklands Road, Swinton, M27 0ED
Received Not publishedEccles Masonic Hall, 46 Half Edge Lane, Eccles, M30 9BA
Received Not published75 Derby Road, Salford, M5 5LE
Received Not published5 Carr Road, Irlam, M44 6GA
Received Not publishedSw On Bolton Road , Bolton Road, Irlams O' The' Height, Salford, M6 7HP
Received Not published39 Ashbourne Grove, Salford, M7 4DB
Received Not published41 Ashbourne Grove, Salford, M7 4DB
Received Not published286 Manchester Road West, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9UX
Received Not publishedPendleton Bowling Club, 13 Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 7DE
Received Not publishedThe White Lion , 162 Manchester Road West, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9UU
Received Not publishedHigh Cedars , Roe Green Avenue, Salford, M28 2SA
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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