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
28,205 approved · 3,597 refused · 1,791 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lynton Road , Opposite Salvation Army Hall, Pendlebury, Swinton
Received Not publishedLissadel Street, Adjacent To 1 Rockley Gardens, Salford
Received Not publishedAdjacent To 35 Phoebe Street, Salford
Received Not published2 Stafford Road, Eccles, M30 9HW
Received Not published24 Solway Close, Clifton, Swinton, M27 6PR
Received Not published18 Catherine Road, Swinton, M27 0FX
Received Not published4 Hastings Road, Eccles, M30 8JR
Received Not published93 Ellenbrook Road, Worsley, M28 1ES
Received Not published23 Oakfield Drive, Little Hulton, M38 9UZ
Received Not published29 Rands Clough Drive, Worsley, M28 1HJ
Received Not publishedArticle 16, 3 Robin Hood Street, Manchester, M8 9JG
Received Not publishedUnit 7, Upper Parade Square, The Parade, Swinton, M27 4BH
Received Not published24 Bellpit Close, Worsley, M28 7XH
Received Not published36 Wardley Hall Lane, Worsley, M28 2RL
Received Not published4 Castlemoor Avenue, Salford, M7 3PR
Received Not published18 & 20 Blantyre Street, Eccles, Manchester, M30 8HY
Received Not publishedFormer St Lukes Church Of England Primary School, Eccles New Road, Salford, M5 5NX
Received Not published13 Folly Lane, Swinton, M27 0DF
Received Not publishedSandringham House, Windsor Street, Salford
Received Not publishedDiamond House, 2 Peel Cross Road, Salford, M5 4DT
Received Not published48 Sunningdale Drive, Salford, M6 7PL
Received Not published21 Vale Avenue, Swinton, M27 8GG
Received Not publishedBuilding H2, New Maker Yards , Middlewood Locks , Salford, M5 4GU
Received Not publishedLand Bound By Greengate, Collier Street, Queen And King Street And Gravel Lane , M3 7BN
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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