Core strategy
The core strategy is the central development plan document (DPD) in the local development framework. The core strategy is a strategic level document which will provide the spatial planning vision and strategy that will shape the future of Salford.
The core strategy will:
- set out the long-term spatial vision for the city (up to 2028), and the overall strategy for delivering that vision
- identify the overall level of different types of development (including housing, employment, and retail) that is envisaged in the city during that period, and the general geographic distribution of that development
- identify the main improvements in infrastructure that are required to support that scale and distribution of development
- set out the strategic planning policies for the city, including the main policies for determining planning applications
- include a key diagram; illustrating its main provisions
- identify the links with, and support the delivery of, other key strategies and plans, including the sustainable community strategy
Some of the evidence that is informing the production of the core strategy is contained within the planning research and information page.
Period for making representations on the publication core strategy
The council published its publication core strategy on Monday 13 February 2012. The period for making representations on the publication core strategy has now closed.
The publication core strategy is the version of the core strategy that the council intends to submit to the Secretary of State for a public examination, and ultimately wishes to adopt.
The publication core strategy is accompanied by the following proposed submission documents:
- implementation plan
- sustainability appraisal
- habitats regulations assessment
- community impact assessment
- health impact assessment
- schedule of responses to the draft core strategy and the council's response to them
- schedule of responses to the core strategy pre-publication changes and the council's response to them
- consultation statement
- statement of the representations procedure and a statement of the fact that the proposed submission documents are available for inspection, and the places and times at which they can be inspected
The publication core strategy and the proposed submission documents are available to download at the foot of this page.
Printed copies of the documents are available to purchase at the following costs:
- publication core strategy: £40
- sustainability appraisal (including annexes): £22
- schedule of responses to the draft core strategy: £35
- schedule of responses to the core strategy pre-publication changes: £16
- implementation plan: £8
- health impact assessment: £5
- consultation statement: £10
To order a copy of any of these documents please email us or send a cheque or postal order, crossed and marked 'Account Payee' and made payable to Salford City Council, contact details can be found below.
A number of other supporting documents have been produced to accompany the publication core strategy, these include:
- Affordable housing economic viability assessment
- Strategic housing land availability assessment update
- Strategic housing market assessment
- Infrastructure delivery plans
- Background reports for the publication core strategy policies
What happens next?
All of the comments received on the publication core strategy will be submitted to the Secretary of State along with the publication core strategy. An independent inspector will then examine the publication core strategy and determine whether it is sound. If the publication core strategy is found to be sound or can be made sound, the city council can then adopt it. Once the core strategy is adopted it will be the main document used to determine planning applications in Salford.
The timetable for the remaining stages of the production of the core strategy is as follows:
- submission: May 2012
- public examination: August to September 2012
- adoption: March 2013
Previous stages of consultation on the core strategy
A significant amount of consultation has already been undertaken in developing a core strategy for Salford, and the responses received to date will help inform the content of the final version of the core strategy. The previous stages of consultation are listed below in chronological order:
- Core strategy sustainability appraisal scoping report (July 2007)
- Core strategy issues and options (October 2008 to January 2009)
- Core strategy alternative options (April 2009 to May 2009)
- Draft core strategy (November 2009 to January 2010)
- Core strategy pre-publication changes (June 2011 to August 2011)
Downloadable documents
- Publication core strategy (Adobe PDF format, 19.2mb)
- Implementation plan (Adobe PDF format, 12.8mb)
- Sustainability appraisal (Adobe PDF format, 381kb)
- Sustainability appraisal annex 1 (Adobe PDF format, 917kb)
- Sustainability appraisal annex 2 (Adobe PDF format, 51kb)
- Sustainability appraisal annex 3 (Adobe PDF format, 27kb)
- Sustainability appraisal annex 4 (Adobe PDF format, 37kb)
- Sustainability appraisal annex 5 (Adobe PDF format, 38kb)
- Sustainability appraisal annex 6 (Adobe PDF format, 343kb)
- Habitats regulations assessment (Adobe PDF format, 1.2mb)
- Community impact assessment (Adobe PDF format, 164kb)
- Health impact assessment (Adobe PDF format, 309kb)
- Schedule of responses to the draft core strategy (Adobe PDF format, 3.7mb)
- Schedule of responses to the core strategy pre-publication changes (Adobe PDF format, 1.3mb)
- Consultation statement (Adobe PDF format, 8.2mb)
- Statement of the representations procedure and details of how to inspect documents (Adobe PDF format, 22kb)
If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.
Who to contact
- Name
- Spatial Planning
- Address
- Sustainable Regeneration Directorate
Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
M27 5BY
Map to this location - Telephone
- 0161 793 3782
- plans.consultation@salford.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 19 April 2012
