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Salford
City Council - Record of Decision (CABINET)
 
I Paul Dennett, City Mayor in consultation
with the Cabinet and in exercise of the powers contained within the
City Council constitution do
hereby:
 
1.   
Note progress made in
respect of the Places for Everyone Plan (PfE);
 
2.   
Agree that the PfE
modifications (Main, Additional and those relating to the policies
map), and associated supporting background documents be subject to
a period of representations for a period of 8 weeks commencing no
earlier than 9 October 2023; and
 
3.   
Agree the next steps
for the production of the PfE plan (see section 12 of the Cabinet
report for details)
 
The Reasons are: To continue making progress towards
adoption of PfE and provide an
opportunity for the community and other stakeholders to make
representations on proposed Modifications that have been identified
as part of the examination of the plan following its submission to
the Secretary of State in February 2022.
 
Options considered and rejected
were: To not undertake
consultation on the proposed modifications. However, this was
rejected as this approach would be contrary to the Planning
Inspectorate Procedure Guide for Local Plan Examinations as
published by the Planning Inspectorate in February 2022 (paragraph
6.7) and would not allow the community and other stakeholders to
have their say on the modifications. Without consultation at this
stage, PfE would not be able to progress to adoption.
 
Assessment of
Risk: Low to medium. The consultation on the modifications themselves
is considered to be low risk. However, the inspectors will consider
the comments received to the main modifications and additional
hearing sessions may need to be arranged if they consider
it is essential to deal with substantial issues
raised in representations, or to ensure fairness. Further modifications may therefore be necessary before PfE
can be adopted.
 
Any attempt by the
city council to adopt PfE plan could be susceptible to legal
challenge if it is considered by interested parties that it has not
been prepared in accordance with the Planning and Compulsory
Purchase Act 2004 (“2004 Act”) and the Town and Country
Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (“2012
Regulations”). 
 
The source of funding
is as follows: Costs for the
city council associated with the consultation on modifications to
Places for Everyone are expected to be minimal, mainly associated
with printing and postage, and will be met from existing
budgets.
 
Legal
Advice obtained: Yes,
provided by MCC legal services on behalf of the 9 PfE
districts
Financial Advice obtained: Yes, provided by Martin Anglesey, Finance
Officer
Procurement Advice obtained: N/A
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process:
 
1)           

Report to AGMA Executive Board
(December 2020) Greater Manchester's Plan for Homes,
Jobs and the Environment: Greater Manchester Spatial Framework
Publication Plan 2020 - Next Steps
 
2)           

Report to AGMA Executive Board
(February 2021) Places for Everyone: A Proposed
Joint Development Plan Document of Nine GM Districts
 
3)           

Report to Places for Everyone Joint
Committee (July 2021) Places for Everyone
Publication Plan 2021: A Joint Development Plan Document for 9
Greater Manchester Local Authorities (Bolton, Bury, Manchester,
Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan)
 
4)           

Report of the Lead Member for Planning and
Sustainable Development to Salford City Council and
Cabinet (21 July 2021) Places for
Everyone Publication Plan 2021: A Joint Development Plan Document
for 9 Greater Manchester Local Authorities (Bolton, Bury,
Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and
Wigan)
 
Documents 5 to 10 below relate
to the PfE modifications and supporting background documents that
will be subject to a period of representations, subject to approval
by all 9 districts. They can be viewed on the
GMCA website.
 

5)           
Schedule of Proposed Main Modifications (including annex 3 which
contains modifications to the illustrations in the plan)
 

6)           
Schedule of proposed changes to the policies map
 

7)           
Composite Plan: includes all Modifications (Main and Additional)
identified through the examination of the plan –
modifications highlighted

 

8)           
Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) 2023 addendum

 

9)           
Integrated Appraisal (IA) 2023 Addendum
 

10)        
Schedule of Proposed Additional Modifications
 
Contact Officer:
James
Shuttleworth           
Tel No: 0161 793 2307
Matt
Doherty                        
Tel No: 0161 793 2304
 

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This document records a key decision, but the matter was not
           
included in the Council's Forward Plan and it has been dealt with
           
under the emergency procedure.

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This decision is urgent and is not subject to call-in, in
accordance with             
the Decision Making Procedure Rules

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The appropriate scrutiny committee to call-in the decision is the
           
Growth and Prosperity Scrutiny
Panel.

 

 

Signed:   Paul
Dennett                                                 
Dated:    21.09.23                                        
 The City Mayor
 

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This decision was published on 21.09.23.                                 

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This decision will come in force at 4pm on 28.09.23                       
             
unless it is called-in in
accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.