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Salford City Council -
Record of Decision (Cabinet)
 
I Paul Dennett, City
Mayor, in exercise of the powers contained within the City Council
Constitution do hereby:
 
Subject to Council approving,
in principle, to the making of a joint development plan document
with the other 9 Greater Manchester councils (Bolton, Bury,
Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and
Wigan), to cover planning for minerals and waste across Greater
Manchester:
 
1)   
Delegate to AGMA Executive Board the formulating and
preparing of the joint development plan document to cover planning
for minerals and waste across Greater Manchester insofar as such
matters are executive functions.
 
2)   
Note that the following are the sole responsibility
of the Council:
 
a)   
Responsibility for giving of instructions to the
executive to reconsider the draft plan submitted by the executive
for the authority’s consideration.
 
b)   
The amendment of the draft joint development plan
document submitted by the executive for the Council’s
consideration.
 
c)   
The approval of the joint development plan document
for the purposes of submission to the Secretary of State for
independent examination.
 
d)   
The adoption of the joint development plan
document.
 
The Reasons are:
 
The existing Greater Manchester Minerals and Waste Plans
(GMJMWP) require updating in full because they are out of date
having been adopted over a decade ago.
 
Planning for both minerals and waste at the same time, and
jointly across Greater Manchester, represents an efficient way to
deliver updates to the planning policy framework. There are
resource efficiencies (economy of scale) at each stage of plan
preparation and will mean that up-to-date minerals and waste
policies will be in place at the earliest possible time
scale.
 
In order for the GMJMWP to be progressed each Council is
requested to agree to prepare a new joint plan with the other 9
local authorities. Approval from each authority is also requested
to delegate the preparation of the GMJMWP as a joint plan to the
AGMA Executive Board (in Salford this is a decision of the City
Mayor in consultation with Cabinet).
 
Options considered and rejected
were:
 
To produce two separate joint plans, one for waste and one
for Minerals: This approach would require more resources than a
single, joint plan due to duplication of work and could result in
delay.
 
To produce a joint Waste Plan and incorporate minerals
policies into each authority’s Local Plan: Some authorities
are already advanced in preparing a Local Plan and therefore cannot
incorporate minerals within their plan timetable. Therefore some GM
authorities would continue to have outdated minerals policies,
contrary to national policy.
 
Do not update the current plans – ‘do
nothing’ scenario: This approach would be contrary to
national policy and legislation and risks unplanned proposals
coming forward.
 
Assessment of Risk: Low.
 
Legal Advice obtained: Yes.
 
Supplied by: Robert Irvine,
Group Leader (Physical Infrastructure): Shared legal
service
 
Comments: The legislative
requirements for the preparation of a joint DPD are contained in
the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and the Town and
Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. This
report sets out the steps that are required in relation to
progressing a joint waste and minerals DPD, including the decisions
that need to be made to allow AGMA, as a joint committee of the 10
GM authorities, to formulate and prepare the joint plan. This
report also sets out the decisions that are reserved to each of the
Councils, and which cannot therefore be taken by AGMA as a joint
committee.
 
If adopted in due course, the
joint DPD would become part of the Council’s Development
Plan, meaning that planning applications would have to be
determined in accordance with it, unless material considerations
indicated otherwise.
 
Financial Advice obtained:
Yes.
 
Supplied by: Martin Anglesey,
Accountant
 
Comments: Work is to be
undertaken to identify and quantify how costs will be funded. This
will be subject to consideration of the agreement in principal for
preparing the Plan.
 
In March 2025, the city council
received £227,962 Government funding to support the costs of
local plan delivery. The Minerals and Waste element comprises part
of this Plan, therefore any associated expenditure can be supported
by this income.
 
In terms of employee costs,
officer support will be undertaken as part of normal team member
duties so no extra costs will be incurred.
 
Procurement Advice obtained: Not
applicable.
 
HR Advice obtained: Not
applicable.
 
Climate Change Advice obtained:
Yes. As part of preparing
the GMJMWP an integrated assessment will be undertaken throughout
the production of the plan which will consider climate change
alongside other social, economic and environmental
considerations.
 
 
Contact Officer: James Shuttleworth / Matt Doherty
    
                       
Telephone number: 0161 793 2307
/ 0161 793 2304
 
The appropriate scrutiny to
call-in the decision is the Growth and Prosperity Scrutiny
Committee.            
 

 

Signed:
         Paul
Dennett                                    
           
Dated:   24/06/25                                                   
           
           
City Mayor
 

For Democratic
Services use only
 
This decision was published on 24.06.25                                          
This decision will come in force at 4.00
p.m. on 01.07.25 unless it is
called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process
Rules.