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
28,137 approved · 3,589 refused · 1,785 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Essex Gardens, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5EE
Received Not published127 Rocky Lane, Eccles, M30 9LZ
Received Not published166 Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9LG
Received Not published6 And 7 Ivy Gardens, Salford, M7 4NY
Received Not published1 Denstone Avenue, Eccles, M30 9LB
Received Not published41 Boundary Road, Irlam, M44 6FR
Received Not published6 Kersal Crag, Salford, M7 4SL
Received Not publishedGlover Court, Leicester Avenue, Salford, M7 4HA
Received Not publishedEventcity, Barton Dock Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, M41 7TB
Received Not published3 Napier Street, Swinton, M27 0JQ
Received Not published2 Bank Lane, Salford, M6 7LP
Received Not publishedLand To The North Of Priory Grove, Salford, M7 2HF
Received Not published6 Devonshire Drive, Worsley, M28 1JR
Received Not published58 Park Road, Salford, M6 8JR
Received Not published124 Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8QQ
Received Not publishedEast Z East, 30 Blackfriars Street, Salford, M3 5BQ
Received Not publishedPeel Hall Primary School , Greencourt Drive, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 0BZ
Received Not published47 Ashford Avenue, Worsley, Manchester, M28 1JJ
Received Not publishedLand Off Albert Street / Peel Street, Eccles (Vauxhall Garage Site), Albert Street , Eccles, M30 0LN
Received Not published6 Carlton Close, Worsley, M28 7TX
Received Not published1 Oakville Drive, Salford, M6 8EZ
Received Not published15 Tuscany View, Salford, M7 3TX
Received Not published5 Northbourne Street, Salford, M6 5TX
Received Not published32 Balmoral Road, Swinton, M27 8QH
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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