Decision Maker:

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: March 11, 2025

Purpose:

Content: Salford City Council - Record of Decision (Cabinet)   I Paul Dennett, City Mayor, in exercise of the powers contained within the City Council Constitution do hereby approve:   That public consultation on the draft Strangeways and Cambridge Strategic Regeneration Framework can be undertaken on the basis that the final version will be brought back to a future meeting for endorsement.  The Reasons are: To seek views on the proposed framework for the Strangeways and Cambridge study area and its associated documents.     This will enable final versions of the SRF and associated documents to be prepared and brought forward for endorsement by the City Council at a future date.   Once the final version of the SRF has been endorsed, it will become a material consideration for the City Council as Local Planning Authority.     Options considered and rejected were: Not to undertake public consultation:  Therefore this option was rejected. The Strangeways and Cambridge SRF will not form part of the Council’s Development Plan but it would be a material consideration for the Council as a Local Planning Authority when determining any applications within the SRF area. Formal public consultation should therefore be undertaken.   Assessment of Risk: Low The new Salford Local Plan sets out the ability to remove the protection of the area as an existing employment area through masterplanning with Policy AP5. Furthermore, the SRF has been designed to comply with the Salford Local Plan. The process of consultation will comply with statutory requirements and provide a detailed programme of events and methods of communication to ensure residents and businesses have a considered understanding of the work and its impacts.   The source of funding is: N/A   Legal Advice obtained: Shared Legal Services If the draft SRF is approved by the City Council, it will not form part of the Council’s Development Plan but it would be a material consideration for the Council as a Local Planning Authority when determining any applications within the SRF area.   Financial Advice obtained: N/A Procurement Advice obtained: N/A   HR Advice obtained: N/A   Climate Change Advice obtained: Mike Hemingway The Strategic Regeneration Framework has been written with the need to create an environmentally sustainable area specifically in terms of how people arrive and move around the area and measures to improve climate resilience through SUDs and flood mitigation measures along the River Irwell. The framework has been designed to comply with Policies WA4 and WA5 from the Salford Local Plan:   ·         Policy WA4: Development and Flood Risk: Development shall take opportunities to reduce flood risk wherever practicable. ·         Policy WA5: Surface Water and Sustainable Drainage: Development shall ensure that surface water across the whole site is managed in a co-ordinated, sustainable way, helping to minimise flood risk and water pollution, promote biodiversity, and secure compliance with the North West River Basin Management Plan. The following documents have been used to assist the decision process: ·           Draft Strangeways & Cambridge Strategic Regeneration Framework ·           Draft Strangeways & Cambridge Economic Analysis ·           Draft Strangeways & Cambridge Transport and Movement Strategy ·           Draft Strangeways & Cambridge Development Flood Risk Management Proposals & Justification Report Contact Officer: Sarah Heslop               Telephone number: sarah.heslop@salford.gov.uk (available on Microsoft Teams)   The appropriate scrutiny to call-in the decision is the Growth & Prosperity Scrutiny Panel.                        Signed:                      Paul Dennett          Dated:      14.03.25                                  .                         City Mayor   For Democratic Services use only This decision was published on  14.03.25                                            This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 21.03.25                                                   unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.