Decision

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I Councillor Mike McCusker, Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for Planning, Transport, Sustainable Development and Regeneration, in exercise of the powers contained within the City Council Constitution do hereby approve the proposed expenditure of:

• The expenditure of £3,023,667.82 of the section 106 contributions received from the Brackley Golf Course development towards the named open space and sports projects identified in this report, with up to £604,733.56 (20%) to be directed towards existing and additional staff and scheme delivery resource; and
• The expenditure of £1,380,469.49 of section 106 contributions received for affordable housing, to be directed towards existing and additional staff and scheme delivery resource.

The Reasons are: to secure additional staff resources to accelerate the delivery of projects funded by section 106 contributions, specifically, the route to deliver open space and sports provision (informal and formal provision) and affordable housing.

Options considered and rejected were: to use existing staff resources to delivery projects funded by section 106 contributions.

Assessment of Risk: Low - Developers can seek to legally challenge the city council to claim back section 106 monies if not used in accordance with the terms of the relevant section 106 agreement. The additional delivery resource will reduce the risk of returning any contributions to developers if schemes are not delivered within a period set out in each S106 agreement (typically 10 years).

The source of funding is:

Section 106 Contributions received from the developments at:

Open Space

§  £3,023,667.82 from Brackley Golf Course (Section 106 Ref: 382A - 18/72605/OUTEIA).

Affordable Housing

§  £559,508.57 from Outwood Wharf Phase 2 (Section 106 Ref: 372 - 18/71512/FUL);

§  £202,070.67 from Middlewood Plaza (Section 106 Ref: 377A - 17/70615/FUL);

§  £92,826.25 from Land West of Michigan Avenue (Section 106 Ref: 392 - 18/72756/OUT);

§  £526,064.00 from Obsidian (Section 106 Ref: 471 - 23/81487/FUL).

Legal Advice obtained: Yes – Robert Irvine, Manchester City Council Legal and Democratic Services

Financial Advice obtained: Yes - Wiktoria Ossowska, Trainee Graduate Accountant

Procurement Advice obtained: N/A

HR Advice obtained: N/A

Climate Change Advice obtained: Yes Mike Hemingway, Principal Officer Climate Change

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process:

Report submitted to Property/Regeneration Briefing on 26th October 2026.

Contact Officers:  

Kurt Partington – Director of Regeneration

kurt.partington@salford.gov.uk

Steve Davey – Principal Section 106 and Policy Officer

steve.davey@salford.gov.uk

-       This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member.

-       The appropriate scrutiny panel to call-in the decision is the Growth and Prosperity Scrutiny Panel            

Signed: Councillor Mike McCusker

Deputy City Mayor

Dated: 26th October 2026

This decision was published on Monday 26th October 2026                                            

This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on Monday 2nd November 2026                               unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision-Making Process Rules.