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Tag Archives: green belt
Places for Everyone consultation responses published
Updated 22 Jan, 2024, with information on GMCA’s response GMCA* has published the responses to the Places For Everyone modifications consultation. When first published, several were missing, including ours, but that has now been corrected. Inevitably, they are a mixed … Continue reading
Save Greater Manchester’s Greenbelt (SGMGB) awarded the Viable Future Mark
Note. This is the first article from our Viable Future Mark holders. Evelyn Frearson from Save Greater Manchester’s Greenbelt (SGMGB), explains what the organisation is, its aims, and what they are working on. SGMGB was established in 2017 as an … Continue reading
Greater Manchester is overspending its carbon budget and Places for Everyone will make it much worse.
byMark Burton (Steady State Manchester)andMatthew Broadbent (Save Greater Manchester Green Belt) Download as a pdf file This post is also available at Save Greater Manchester’s Green Belt and The Meteor The Greater Manchester Environment Plan isn’t delivering. minor edits, 12 … Continue reading
…. and the environment? Greater Manchester Spatial Framework – the remix
At last, the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework has appeared following Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham’s electoral promise for a radical rewrite. It’s an enormous document, more than 1,000 pages, with many more than that in the various supporting documents. This … Continue reading
We need a A Social-Ecological Spatial Framework
A Social-Ecological Spatial Framework for a Viable Greater Manchester. update: 3 July, 2018: Indeed, as anticipated, the new draft has been delayed again to accommodate the new population projections from the Office of National Statistics. These project 9.37% population growth … Continue reading
How many homes do we need in Greater Manchester, and where?
It has been argued that Greater Manchester has a choice. Either build on the green belt and have more high-rise in the city centre, or have insufficient new homes for an expanding population. Let’s examine this claim. View this as … Continue reading
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