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
28,376 approved · 3,616 refused · 1,799 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wharton Ltd, 9 Worrall Street, Salford, M5 4TH
Received Not published50 Wellington Street West, Salford, M7 2FH
Received Not published7 Mere Fold, Worsley, Salford, M28 0SX
Received Not published18 Waterslea, Eccles, Salford, M30 0SR
Received Not publishedThe Old Fire Station Bays And Bank Buildings, University Of Salford, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT
Received Not published5 South Meade, Swinton, Salford, M27 5GL
Received Not publishedLand Formerly 167, Church Street, Eccles
Received Not published2 Vernon Avenue, Eccles, Salford, M30 0UE
Received Not published2 Capital Quay, Salford, M50 3WL
Received Not publishedThe Alexandra , The Quays, Salford, M50 3SP
Received Not published233 Rake Lane, Swinton, Salford, M27 8RJ
Received Not published1 Orrel Street, Salford, M6 5TD
Received Not publishedFormer Irwell Valley Campus , Off Blandford Road, Blandford Road, Salford, M6 6BD
Received Not published36 Westminster Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9EA
Received Not published202 Leigh Road, Worsley, Salford, M28 1LW
Received Not published44 Welbeck Grove, Salford, M7 4DH
Received Not publishedFormer Vauxhall Dealership, Between Peel Street And Albert Street, Eccles
Received Not published23 Exeter Drive, Irlam, Salford, M44 6FH
Received Not published20 Bickershaw Drive, Worsley, Salford, M28 0GG
Received Not publishedPlot C3 , White, Mediacity, Salford
Received Not publishedTechnology House, Lissadel Street/Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6AJ
Received Not published240 Great Clowes Street, Salford, M7 2DY
Received Not published2 Anchorage Quay, Salford, M50 3XE
Received Not published19 Sapling Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 0BY
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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