Purpose

Subject to a
subsequent decision to be made by Council to approve, in principle,
the making of a joint development plan document with the other 9
Greater Manchester councils (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham,
Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan), to cover planning
for minerals and waste across Greater Manchester, the Cabinet to
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 (including agreeing a timetable for the
preparation of the plan).

Content

The Cabinet noted that
Greater Manchester leaders at the Association of Greater Manchester
Authorities (AGMA) Executive Board meeting on 28 March 2025 had
agreed to the production of a statutory Greater Manchester Joint
Minerals and Waste Plan (GMJMWP) for Greater Manchester and then
considered a report that detailed the necessary resultant steps
required in relation to the decision
making process.
 
The Cabinet has then
agreed, subject to the Council Meeting approving, in principle to
the making of a joint development plan document with the other 9
Greater Manchester councils (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham,
Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan) to cover planning
for minerals and waste across Greater Manchester, to:-
 
(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 Meeting:-
 

(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.

Alternative options considered

None.