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Overview

The Salford Local Plan: Development Management Policies and Designations was adopted by full Council on 18 January 2023. It now forms part of the statutory development plan for Salford and replaces all of the saved policies of the Unitary Development Plan.

The Salford Local Plan: Development Management Policies and Designations (SLP:DMP) is one of the documents that will form part of the development plan for Salford. It will:

  • Provide the main policies that will be used to manage development and determine planning applications
  • Identify the designations that will protect the city’s most important environmental assets, town centres and infrastructure
  • Support the key delivery of key infrastructure, such as transport and utilities

Stages in producing the Local Plan

Stage Date
Call for sites consultation February to April 2013
Suggested sites consultation January to March 2014
Draft Local Plan November 2016 to January 2017
Revised Draft Local Plan January to March 2019
Publication of the Local Plan: Development Management Policies and Designations January to March 2020
Publication of the Local Plan: Development Management Policies and Designations Proposed Modifications Addendum February to March 2021
Submission of the plan to the Secretary of State for examination June 2021
Examination hearings December 2021
Consultation on the post-submission proposed modifications May to July 2022
Inspector’s report issued setting out that the Salford Local Plan: Development Management Policies and Designations is sound with main modifications November 2022

This page was last updated on 18 January 2023

Salford Local Plan examination (2021-2022)

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