The Manchester City Council's Local Development Scheme outlines the development plan documents that will shape the Local Plan from 2024 to 2026, including key milestones for their preparation. It details the components of the Manchester Local Plan, including strategic policies for growth, housing, and infrastructure, and sets a timetable for consultations and adoption. The document also emphasizes the importance of community involvement and annual monitoring of the scheme's progress.
The Manchester City Council's Local Development Scheme outlines the development plan documents that will shape the Local Plan from 2024 to 2026, including key milestones for their preparation. It details the components of the Manchester Local Plan, including strategic policies for growth, housing, and infrastructure, and sets a timetable for consultations and adoption. The document also emphasizes the importance of community involvement and annual monitoring of the scheme's progress.
2024 - 2026 (June 2024) Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3 2 Manchester Local Plan ............................................................................................ 3 Development Plan Documents................................................................................ 3 Local Plan Review .................................................................................................. 4 3 Monitoring and Review ............................................................................................ 6 1 Introduction Local Development Scheme (LDS) 1.1 The Local Development Scheme: • informs the public of the development plan documents that make up, or will make up the Local Plan for Manchester City Council; • sets out the preparation programme of development plan documents over the next three years and identifies key milestones. 1.2 The Local Plan is the spatial strategy for the local authority and comprises development plan documents with policies on the development, use of land, allocations of sites for particular types of development and development management policies. 2 Manchester Local Plan Development Plan Documents 2.1 The following documents make up the Local Plan can be accessed from www.manchester.gov.uk/strategic_planning: • Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan for Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan 2022 to 2039 – a strategic plan for sustainable growth including economic development and housing requirements for each district, key locations for delivery, a town centre hierarchy, strategic transport schemes and other strategic infrastructure (adopted March 2024) • Manchester Core Strategy – the long-term spatial vision and planning strategy to 2027, which includes topic and area policies relating to, the economy, housing, environment, retail and transport. It also includes a key diagram covering the plan area, and general policies for the control of development (adopted July 2012); • Manchester Proposals Map – accompanies the Local Plan, identifies key areas for growth, employment and housing development, areas of protection and sites to which particular designations and policies apply; • Extant UDP - (adopted 1995 and alterations on various dates) City-wide and local area policies not replaced by the Core Strategy. • Greater Manchester Joint Waste Development Plan Document - sets out a waste planning strategy to 2027 which enables the adequate provision of waste management facilities in appropriate locations for municipal, commercial and industrial, construction and demolition and hazardous wastes (adopted April 2012). • Greater Manchester Joint Minerals Plan - sets out a planning policy framework to inform minerals developments and associated infrastructure up to 2028, whilst protecting the environment and communities from adverse impacts (adopted April 2013). 2.2 In addition, to development plan documents there are supplementary planning documents. These provide further detail on the policies in development plan documents. In Manchester, the current supplementary planning documents (SPD) are listed below (please check the website for any new SPD's): • Guide to Development in Manchester SPD • Providing for Housing Choice SPD • Hot Food Takeaway SPD 2.3 In addition to the documents above there are other documents which support the process of preparing Local Plan documents. These include: • Local Development Scheme - (this document) setting out the timetable for the preparation of the Local Plan; and • Statement of Community Involvement - setting out how the community will be consulted during the production of the Local Plan. Local Plan Review 2.4 The revised Local Plan will replace the Core Strategy and the Unitary Development Plan policies and will be set in the context of the adopted Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan (PfE). The Manchester Local Plan will provide the detailed local strategy for Manchester reinforcing and, where needed, adding detail to the PfE policies to address Manchester-specific issues. 2.5 The following sets out the proposed Local Plan documents: • Manchester Local Plan - sets out strategic policies for growth, employment, housing and infrastructure, plus frameworks for the development of neighbourhoods including centres and key allocations, shown on a key diagram. The Local Plan will replace all remaining extant UDP policies, the Core Strategy and potentially some supplementary planning documents. It will incorporate a range of development management policies and include monitoring targets for policies. • Proposals Map – accompanies the Local Plan and all other Development Plan Documents and identifies areas for growth, employment and housing, and areas of protection. 2.6 The Local Plan review timetable is set out as follows: Table 2.1 - Manchester Local Plan Role and Subject The Local Plan will set out the vision for the City, the spatial strategy, policies and key allocations for the next fifteen years (on adoption). It will set out the quantity, type and general location of development to meet anticipated development requirements,. It will set out how development is expected to address climate change and deliver key Council objectives in the context of a spatial plan. Coverage City wide
Status Development Plan Document
Conformity National Planning Policy Framework, Places for Everyone
and the Manchester Strategy.
Table 2.2 - Manchester Local Plan Timetable
Milestone Stage Dates
Consultation on Issues February 2020 – May 2020 (complete)
Consultation on Draft Local Plan Autumn 2024
(Regulation 18)
Consultation on Publication Draft Local Summer 2025
Plan (Regulation 19)
Submission of Local Plan Winter 2025
Examination of Local Plan Spring/Summer 2026
Adoption of Local Plan Winter 2026
Table 2.3 – Manchester Local Plan Arrangements for Production
Organisational Lead Director of Planning, Building Control and Licensing Political Management Executive for pre-submission stages Council for submission and adoption
Internal Resources Planning Strategy Team plus other
teams in Planning; and relevant staff in other Services and directorates (Housing, Highways, Education, PRI those dealing with environmental strategy, corporate property and inclusive growth)
External Resources Consultants engaged to assist in
providing evidence base and external advisors. Stakeholder Resources The Our Manchester Forum providing a key link to the community. Key stakeholder groups from the community, developers and interest groups and agencies. Statutory consultees, local and national
3 Monitoring and Review
3.1 The Local Development Scheme will be monitored on an annual basis from 1st April to the 31st March as part of the Authority Monitoring Report. 3.2 The Authority Monitoring Report can be viewed on the Council’s website (manchester.gov.uk)