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Salford's development plan

Salford's development plan

Salford’s development plan currently comprises:

Decisions on planning applications must be made in line with the development plan, unless there are clear material considerations which dictate why this should not be the case.

Separate downloadable policies maps for the each of the above documents are available to download by following the above links. In addition, an interactive policies map has been produced which brings together the separate downloadable policies maps onto one map. The interactive policies map will be updated in due course to include details relating to Places for Everyone.

Note that the Places for Everyone Green Belt boundary supersedes that identified on the policies map for the Salford Local Plan: Development Management Policies and Designations.

Other development plan documents being produced

The Salford Local Plan is being produced in two parts:

Find out more.

Local Development Scheme

The Local Development Scheme (LDS) identifies Salford’s adopted planning policy framework, and the profile of the emerging Salford Local Plan: Core Strategy and Allocations document (including the timetable for its production). This can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

Downloadable documents

If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.

This page was last updated on 3 March 2025

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