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Supplementary Planning Guidance or Supplementary Planning Documents provide additional information on how the Council will implement various saved policies in Bury's Unitary Development Plan and the Places for Everyone joint plan.

Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) was prepared under the previous development plan system. However, since the introduction of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, advice produced since then is referred to as Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD).

Supplementary Planning guidance and documents have been prepared and are available to download:

Development Frameworks for Strategic Sites

Elton and Walshaw

Supplementary Planning Document 18 (SPD18) sets out more detailed guidance on what the Council will expect to see within future masterplans and phasing strategies for the Elton Reservoir and Walshaw sites, highlighting the relevant development plan policies and key requirements for each site in terms of the specific requirements of the PfE policies for the Elton Reservoir and Walshaw strategic site allocations.

Information about future Development Framework SPDs will be added to this page. In accordance with Policies JPA7 and JPA9 of PfE future planning applications within the sites must accord with the contents of both this SPD and future Development Framework SPDs.

Northern Gateway

JPA1.1 Northern Gateway (Heywood/Pilsworth) is one of the largest strategic employment allocations in the country, straddling the districts of Bury and Rochdale and positioned at a strategically important intersection around the M60, M62 and M66 motorways. The Northern Gateway Development Framework (NGDF) supplements PfE Policy JPA 1.1 and sets out a comprehensive Development Framework and high level design principles.

This NGDF establishes a clear framework for development at the site and will be a material consideration in the determination of all future planning applications within the allocation boundary.

In accordance with the adopted PfE, planning applications will be required to align with the Development Framework and supporting guidance set out in this NGDF including delivery of necessary and related infrastructure in a coordinated and timely manner.

Section 106 Proforma

In order to validate planning applications that will require a Section 106 Agreement under the adopted SPDs (in particular SPD1, SPG4, SPG5 or SPD14), we will require the S106 proforma to be completed and submitted with your application. The proforma is available to download.

Other non-Council advice

Transport for Greater Manchester Transport for Sustainable Communities

Transport for Greater Manchester have also produced non-statutory guidance on Transport for Sustainable Communities: A guide for developers which is intended to supplement the statutory policies set out in the National Planning Policy Framework and local planning policies.

Ainsworth Village Design Statement

Ainsworth Village Design Statement was produced in partnership with the Ainsworth Community Association, Radcliffe Area Board and Bury Council. Although the AVDS has no formal standing as a Supplementary Planning Document, it is a useful document for the users of Bury's planning services and planning officers of the Council.

Prestwich Village Neighbourhood Forum Design Code

As part of their preparation of a Neighbourhood Plan, Prestwich Village Neighbourhood Forum (PVNF) commissioned planning consultants AECOM to prepare a Design Code that sets out clear principles for new development, changes to existing buildings and the use and treatment of public spaces within the PVNF area. 

Whilst this Design Code has no formal status as a Supplementary Planning Document, it may prove useful in determining the design aspirations of the Neighbourhood Forum within this area. You can download a copy of the Design Code from the Prestwich Neighbourhood Forum website: