Places for Everyone

Places for Everyone is a long-term plan of nine Greater Manchester districts (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan) for jobs, new homes, and sustainable growth. It has been published by the GMCA on behalf of the nine districts.

The plan is a joint development plan of the nine districts which determines the kind of development that takes place in their boroughs, maximising the use of brownfield land and urban spaces while protecting Green Belt land from the risk of unplanned development.

It also ensures all new developments are sustainably integrated into Greater Manchester’s transport network or supported by new infrastructure.

The plan is the result of a process that began as the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) in 2014, and has been informed by the feedback received from residents, businesses and the development industry to previous consultations on that Plan. The nine districts decided to continue to produce a joint plan following the withdrawal of Stockport Council from the GMSF in December 2020.

The Inspectors’ Report, received on 14 February 2024, marked the end the examination into the plan which included public hearing sessions which took place between 1 November 2022 and 5 July 2023. The report set out the findings of the examination of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan Document (PfE). The Inspectors concluded that all legal requirements have been met and that with the recommended main modifications set out in the Appendix of their report, the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan Document for Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan satisfies the requirements referred to in Section 20(5)(a) of the 2004 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act and is sound.

Following the publication of the Inspectors' Report, all nine Places for Everyone Councils considered the Inspectors’ recommendations and related documentation, and resolved to adopt the Plan at Council meetings held between 28 February and 20 March 2024. 

The Places for Everyone Plan took effect and became part of the statutory development plan for each of the nine PfE authorities on March 21, 2024. 

This plan:

• sets out how the nine boroughs should develop up until 2039;

• identifies the amount of new development that will come forward across the 9 districts, in terms of housing, offices, and industry and warehousing, and the main areas in which this will be focused;

• supports the delivery of key infrastructure, such as transport and utilities;

• protects the important environmental assets across the city region;

• allocates sites for employment and housing outside of the existing urban area; and

• defines a new Green Belt boundary for Greater Manchester

Supplementary planning documents will be produced by the Places for Everyone (PfE) Plan local planning authorities (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan). These SPDs will support the implementation of the PfE Plan.  

By clicking below, you can read about the Adoption process, including previous stages of the PfE Plan making process, progress in relation to supplementary planning documents and how to stay up to date with strategic planning policy.