Part two: Salford Local Plan: Core Strategy and Allocations

Work is underway on the Salford Local Plan: Core Strategy and Allocations (part two of our Local Plan). Having regard to other documents that form part of the adopted development plan for Salford, the scope of the this plan is limited to:

• A long term vision and spatial strategy for the city up to 2042

• Identifying boundaries for spatial areas in Salford identified in Places for Everyone such as the Core Growth Area, Inner Area and Northern Area

• Policies for areas of the city, including neighbourhoods

• The distribution of new housing and employment floorspace

• Visions for the different neighbourhood areas in the city

• Allocations for development

• Local Green Space designations. All other types of protective designation were considered through part one of the plan.

Progress made in producing this plan

We undertook an initial consultation between 13 December 2023 and 24 January 2024 with comments invited on:

• The scope of the Plan 

• The Integrated Assessment Scoping Report  

• A ‘call for sites’ which was an opportunity for consultees to suggest sites for development or be protected as a Local Green Space.

View details of this initial consultation and the responses received to it.

Consultation on a draft version the plan took place between 9 December 2024 and 17 February 2025. View details of this consultation and the responses received to it. 

The Publication Salford Local Plan: Core Strategy and Allocations document was published on 31 July 2026. Comments on this document are invited until 4.30pm on Friday 25 September 2026.

What happens next

Current timescales for the remaining stages in the preparation of the plan are set out in our Local Development Scheme (Adobe PDF format, 175kb), and also shown below:

• By 31 December 2026: Submission to Secretary of State

• 2027: Examination in public

• By 31 December 2027: Adoption

The above timescales will be kept under review.

This page was last updated on 31 July 2026