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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:
 
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Adopt the updated Statement of Community Involvement.
 
The Reasons arethat Salford’s first SCI (Statement of Community Involvement)
was adopted in January 2010 and partially updated in 2020 to take
into account the pandemic. The SCI document
has been fully updated for a number of reasons; to reflect changes
in legislation; to make it very clear who we will involve in
producing planning documents and when; and to remove references to
working practices during the Covid pandemic.  A new section on neighbourhood planning has been
added and some of the details relating to the operation of the
Planning and Transportation Regulatory Panel have been updated. In
addition, the document has been shortened, simplified and
restructured to make it more accessible to readers.
 
An option considered and
rejected was to not prepared a
fully updated SCI. This was rejected as it would mean that the SCI
adopted in 2010 would become increasingly out-of-date.
Assessment of Risk is
low.
The updated SCI ensures that
guidance relating to involving communities and other stakeholders
in the different planning processes (plan-making and decision
taking) is up to date and takes into account changes that have
taken place since the adoption of the SCI in 2010 (and the 2020
adopted SCI that represented only a partial update to the 2010
document) as well as any of the representations received in
response to the public consultation.
 
The source of funding associated with the SCI is from existing budgets.
 
Legal Advice obtained from: Fahid
Malik, Senior Solicitor, Shared Legal
Service
 
The City Council has complied
with the relevant legislative requirements in the preparation and
updating of the SCI: the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004,
the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulation
2012 and the Localism Act 2011, in addition to taking into account
the National Planning Practice Guidance: Plan-making. 
 
Financial Advice obtained from: Martin
Anglesey, Accountant
 
Costs include printing and
photocopying of notices and letters, plus associated postage. There
should be few if any additional charges. A couple of hard copies of
the SCI may need to be produced - this should be sufficient due to
the extensive use of electronic communications such as Salford City
Council’s webpages, and email.
 
Charges in 2023/24 in respect
of associated items totalled £2,254 (across Development
Control Planning and Planning Other cost centres) of which SCI is
an element. These budget areas realised an overall underspend of
£14,248 in financial year 2023/24. It is envisaged that the
updated Statement of Community Involvement situation should not
affect these forecasts going forward.
 
Procurement Advice obtained:
Not applicable
 
The following documents have
been used to assist the decision process:
 
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Review of the January 2010 Statement of Community
Involvement (October 2019)
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Adopted Statement of Community
Involvement (October 2020)

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Equality Impact Assessment screening (December 2023)
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Lead Member Report dated 14 February
2024: Statement of Community Involvement Full
update.
 
 
Contact Officers:
James
Shuttleworth: 0161 925 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: 17.06.24
City
Mayor – Paul Dennett
 

FOR DEMOCRATIC
SERVICES USE ONLY

 

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This decision was published on  17.06.24                                             
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This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on
24.06.24                                    
   unless it is called-in in accordance with the
Decision Making Process Rules.