Public involvement in planning

The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) sets out the council's approach to community engagement in:

  • The production of formal planning documents and
  • The determination of planning applications. 

It sets out who may be involved, by what method and at what point in the process of document production or in the determination of planning applications. The aim of the SCI is to increase public involvement in the planning processes and give more certainty to those people wanting to get involved in the planning process.  

The SCI was first published in 2010 and partially updated in October 2020 to reflect COVID-19 restrictions. 

A fully updated SCI was adopted in June 2024 and can be downloaded below. It takes into account changes since the document was first adopted in 2010. This includes new legal requirements, the approach to neighbourhood planning, updates to national planning policy and guidance, and the increased use of digital technology and social media.

The document has also been completely restructured to make it very clear as to:

  • Who we will involve in producing local planning documents and making decisions on planning applications
  • When we will involve them
  • How we will involve them
  • What happens to comments received

Spatial planning consultee database

If you would like to be kept informed of consultations and other notifications relating to planning policy documents we can add you to the spatial planning consultee database if you email your details to plans.consultation@salford.gov.uk. We will hold your data in accordance with our privacy notice (Adobe PDF format, 144kb).

Downloadable documents

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This page was last updated on 25 June 2024

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