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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
27,851 approved · 3,555 refused · 1,769 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
0206-5047 , Albion Way, O/S Rrg (Toyota), Salford, M5 4AP
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Greengate, Collier Street, Queen And King Street And Gravel Lane , Salford, M3 7NG
Received Not publishedPlot D3 , White, Media City Uk, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not publishedLand At The Junction Of Langworthy Road And , Eccles New Road , Salford, M5 4UF
Received Not publishedPlot D3 , White, Media City Uk, Salford, M50 2EQ
Received Not published10 Lawn Drive, Swinton, M27 5SA
Received Not published1 Seedley View Road, Salford, M6 5WS
Received Not publishedThe British Oxygen Company Limited, Priestley Road, Swinton, M28 2LX
Received Not publishedStanley Street Multi Storey Car Park, Stanley Street, Salford, M3 5EX
Received Not publishedAdvertising Right 071401 Site Of 40 To 42, Broughton Road, Salford
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Salford , Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT
Received Not publishedKingsland Wine And Spirits, Fairhills Road, Irlam, Manchester, M44 6BD
Received Not published49 Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4AS
Received Not published0206-5065, High Street, Worsley
Received Not published0206-5058, Gilda Brook Road, Eccles
Received Not published77 Kingsway, Swinton, M27 4JW
Received Not published19 Lord Napier Drive, Salford, M5 3DN
Received Not published2 Holden Drive, Swinton, M27 4FR
Received Not publishedHighfield Road Industrial Estate, Highfield Road, Little Hulton, M38 9ST
Received Not publishedWestport House , 35 Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6LD
Received Not publishedAshtonfields Site Part Of British Coal Yard , Ravenscraig Road, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9PU
Received Not published55 Portland Road, Eccles, M30 9DH
Received Not publishedLand Ordsall Lane Between Dyer Street, Everard Street, Salford
Received Not published188 Chatsworth Road, Worsley, M28 2GF
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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