Flood Risk and Development Planning Guidance

Salford City Council has prepared planning guidance to ensure that new development built in areas at risk of flooding in Salford is adequately protected from flooding and that the risk of flooding elsewhere is not increased as a result of new development.

The planning guidance sets out the guidelines which the council as Local Planning Authority will use as a material consideration in determining applications for planning permission and other matters where development has an impact on flood risk.

The planning guidance supplements Policy EN19: Flood Risk and Surface Water of the City of Salford Unitary Development Plan (UDP) (adopted June 2006) and translates the principles and key findings of the City of Salford Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) 2005 into a set of planning requirements to guide new development in areas at risk of flooding. The 2005 SFRA has now been superseded by the Manchester, Salford and Trafford Level 2 Hybrid SFRA 2010.

The draft version of this planning guidance was subject to a period of public consultation, which ended on Thursday 9 August 2007. Proposed amendments to the draft guidance was subject to a period of consultation which ended on Thursday 28 February 2008. The consultation statement, schedule of representations and the council’s response to both periods of consultation are available to download from the bottom of this page.

The Flood Risk and Development Planning Guidance was adopted by the city council on 1 July 2008. The adopted planning guidance can be downloaded from the bottom of this page. It can also be viewed at the following locations:

• At all Salford Libraries during normal opening hours
• Main Reception, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford. Opening times are 8.30am to 4.30pm from Monday to Friday

If you would like to purchase a printed copy of the document, it is available at a cost of £7.00 each including packaging and postage. To order a copy, please email plans.consultation@salford.gov.uk or send a cheque or postal order, crossed and marked ‘Account Payee’ and made payable to Salford City Council, to the address below.

Who to contact

Name

Sustainable Places

Address

Sustainable Regeneration
Salford City Council
Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
Salford
M27 5BY
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Telephone

0161 793 3782

Email

plans.consultation@salford.gov.uk

This page was last updated on 4 March 2011