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 Salford City Council - Record of Decision
(Cabinet)
 
I, Paul Dennett, City Mayor in Consultation with
Cabinet in exercise of the powers contained within the City Council
Constitution do hereby approve:
Good Homes in Good Places: Salford’s Good
Homes Strategy 2025-2030
 
The Reasons
are:
A housing strategy is not a statutory
requirement. However, the strategy helps to focus the requirements
and expectations of wider national, GM and local priorities,
bringing these together to help reinforce and promote the delivery
of a wide range of objectives.
 
Options considered and
rejected were: N/A
 

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The strategy and its action plan have been informed by the
examination of a wide range of national, regional and local
strategic drivers, local intelligence and through a range of
engagement and consultation activity including:
 

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A multi-disciplinary/partner led steering group.

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Additional engagement with wider key stakeholders and partners
through consultation workshops and engagement sessions.

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Briefings and feedback to/from the Children’s and People
& Communities senior leadership teams, and Salford Strategic
Housing Partnership.

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A public consultation and feedback from people with lived
experience
 

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Furthermore, work on the action plan has been to ensure that the
actions are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time
specific
 
 
Assessment of Risk:
Medium – the strategy seeks to achieve a
range of cross cutting objectives and priorities. However,
challenges and barriers to achieving these are high, while
resources and capacity are limited.
 
 
The source of funding
is: The strategy describes a partnership approach
to achieving Salford’s priorities, recognising that these
cannot be achieved by Salford City Council services alone.
 
 
Legal Advice
obtained: Michael Goulden – Senior Lawyer
(Housing):
There are no negative legal implications of the
Housing Strategy
 
 
Financial Advice
obtained: Grace Rogerson – Senior
Accountant – 08/01/2025 - Delivery of the plan will
either be within existing financial constraints or proposed
additional spend will be assessed and reported on an individual
basis as and when items from the action plan are
planned/implemented.
Procurement Advice
obtained: N/A
 
 
HR Advice
obtained: N/A
 
 
Climate Change Advice
obtained: Michael Hemingway Principal Officer
Climate Change
Housing is responsible for about a third of all
emissions in Salford it is therefore essential that the housing
strategy directs efforts to reducing these if we are to meet are
ambition to be carbon neutral by 2038. The Housing Strategy has
taken Climate Change into account from the earliest stages of its
development and largely reflects the ambitions in the GM 5 Year
Environment Plan. It has key objective “Working with our
partners we will strive to deliver more homes that are carbon
neutral, energy efficient, minimizing environmental impacts and
which are resilient to future climate impacts” and “Our
residents are supported to live in homes that are good quality,
safe, warm, dry, energy efficient and are well manage
 
 
The following documents
have been used to assist the decision process:
Good Homes in Good Places: Salford’s Good
Homes Strategy 2025-2030
 
 
Contact
Officer: Julie Craik Housing Strategy Team
Telephone
number: 0161 793 2143
 
 

The appropriate scrutiny to call-in the
decision is:  The Growth
and Prosperity Panel
 
 
 
 
Signed:         
Paul Dennett                                    
Dated: 27th May 2025
                   
City Mayor
 
 
 
For Democratic
Services use only
This decision was published on 28.05.25. This
decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 04.06.25 unless it is
called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.