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
29,694 approved · 3,738 refused · 1,862 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Omega Drive , Northbank Industrial Estate, Irlam, M44 5GR
Received Not publishedSpringfield , Woolden Road, Cadishead, Irlam, M44 5JX
Received Not published6 Sheringham Drive, Swinton, M27 5QF
Received Not publishedDowntown, Woden Street, Salford, M5 4YD
Received Not publishedTerritorial Army Centre, 232 Manchester Road, Clifton, Swinton, M27 6TA
Received Not published6 Saddlecote, Worsley, M28 2HB
Received Not publishedMiddlewood Locks , Land North Of Middlewood Street, And East Of Oldfield Road, Salford, M5 4GU
Received Not published3 Brooklands Road, Swinton, M27 0AT
Received Not published311 To 315 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 2YN
Received Not published29 Greylag Crescent, Worsley, M28 7AB
Received Not published65 Riding Fold Lane, Worsley, M28 2UR
Received Not publishedFormer Blackfriars Inn And Adjcent Building, Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7DB
Received Not publishedClifton Park, Swinton, M27 6YD
Received Not published2B Boothstown Drive, Worsley, M28 1UF
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Salford, Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT
Received Not publishedLand Formerly Griffin Hotel, Lower Broughton Road, Salford
Received Not publishedChat Moss Herbs , Barton Moss Road, Eccles, M30 7RL
Received Not publishedLand At, Old Lane, Little Hulton
Received Not published43 Worsley Road, Worsley, M28 2WB
Received Not published60 Eastham Way, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9LX
Received Not published301 Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2RZ
Received Not publishedQueenscroft, Victoria Road, Eccles
Received Not published63 Deepdale Drive, Pendlebury, M27 8TZ
Received Not published61A, 61B And 61 Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 6EH
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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