Save Our Green Belt: Help Us Fight for a Sustainable Future! Greater Manchester’s Green Belt, a vital shield for our environment and communities, is under threat. The “Places for Everyone” plan proposes releasing over 2,000 hectares of environmentally-precious, ecologically-rich green spaces for development, jeopardising nature’s recovery, climate mitigation and our health and well-being. Save Greater […]
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Interview was on the 17th October 2023 at 17.32pm Whose Plan is it anyway? Places for Everyone – the apocalyptic 17-year plan that will have an extremely damaging impact on communities across Greater Manchester (both human & wildlife) is still being challenged! Please click here to download a hard copy of this press release. As
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Lending Support to Save Greater Manchester’s Green Belt Group but not sure how YOU can help? Read on – because there are 3 things you can do! Dear SGMGB SupporterAs you know, Save Greater Manchester’s Green Belt Group is an umbrella body forover 40 community organisations across Greater Manchester. We represent theviews of those
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The SGMGB Annual General Meeting was held on 4th September 2023. Please find all details on the following links AGM Agenda AGM Minutes Chair’s report Accounts. Share on facebook Share on twitter Spread the Word!
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Unnecessary Release of Green Belt in the Places for Everyone Spatial Plan Open Letter to Councillors in Districts supporting the Unnecessary Release of Green Belt in the Places for Everyone Spatial Plan Dear Councillor The Save Greater Manchester’s Green Belt Group is an umbrella body for over 40 community organisations across Greater Manchester. You will
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Letter to P4E Planning Inspectors The SGMGB Management Committee has raised a number of issues with the Planning Inspectors who are Examining the Places for Everyone Spatial Plan. We have concerns about the significant changes that are being proposed by the GMCA, which mean that the Plan is considerably different to that which was consulted
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SGMGB responds to Places for Everyone Consultation October 2022 Matter 1 Matter 2 Matter 3 Matter 4 The Planning Inspectors issued their Matters, Issues and Questions (known as MIQs) in July 2022, with responses due back in September and October 2022. The Hearings commence in November 2022, the details of the individual sessions have been
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Building Sustainable Communities, Protecting Our Green Belt – the Places For Everyone Myth? Article by a Norden Resident We are moving rapidly towards the Examination in Public in to Places for Everyone (PfE), the latest grand plan from Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). It is to be hoped that the Examination in Public process will
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The latest Census data suggests it is! Government data tells us that since 2013/14 England has lost over 25,110 hectares of green belt – equivalent to over 35,000 football pitches of highly valued land, with various attributes and community benefits, that are now forever lost to future generations. Here in Greater Manchester, the Places
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