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Noel
Oct 19, 20243 min read
Autumn newsletter
We would like to assure everyone that the campaign to save Royton’s Green Belt is still active. The summer was uneventful as far as...
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Noel
Jul 18, 20243 min read
Labour to bulldoze the Green Belt!
Places for Everyone (and the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework before it) was originally sold to us as a spatial plan that would...
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Noel
Feb 21, 20244 min read
Oldham Local Plan consultation
Oldham Council has put out its Local Plan to consultation. The Local Plan will implement the policies of the Places for Everyone Greater...
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Noel
Feb 18, 20243 min read
Places for Everyone and the fate of the Green Belt
Places for Everyone (formerly the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework), which proposes to build around 30,000 houses and 2 million...
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Noel
Oct 10, 20232 min read
Save the Green Belt petition
SIGN THE PETITION TO SAVE THE GREEN BELT https://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/SGMGB-P4E The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (rebranded...
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Noel
Oct 4, 20231 min read
GMSF update
The modified plan for Places for Everyone has finally arrived, and will go out to consultation later this month. If you live in Thornham...
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Noel
Jan 18, 20235 min read
The GMSF endgame
Save Royton’s Greenbelt may have been quiet over the last few months but we have not gone away. The Places for Everyone master-plan...
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Noel
May 7, 20224 min read
What does the GMSF mean for the future of Labour in Royton?
Greater Manchester’s housing master plan, Places for Everyone (formerly the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework) will be undergoing...
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Noel
Feb 17, 20224 min read
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Hanging Chadder and Green Belt in Royton face obliteration...
On February 14th, Andy Burnham and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority submitted the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan to...
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Noel
Jan 10, 20225 min read
The Green Belt battle and the Clean Air Zone battle are the same fight
On 30 May 2022, the Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone will come into effect. It will span the whole of Greater Manchester and be the...
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Noel
Aug 14, 20214 min read
The GMSF Strikes Back
The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework has returned, with Royton's Green Belt once again in its sights. The last time we saw the GMSF...
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Noel
May 8, 20214 min read
What does Labour’s defeat at the polls mean for the future of the GMSF?
Save Royton’s Greenbelt is not a political group and for that reason we did not endorse any political candidates or party, but the fact...
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Noel
Mar 25, 20213 min read
The light at the end of the tunnel…
Councillor Hannah Roberts, Cabinet Member for Housing at OMBC, has announced that the Hanging Chadder allocation will not be included in...
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Noel
Dec 29, 20202 min read
Happy trails...
As Greater Manchester hurtles towards Tier 4 lockdown, it is worth taking a moment to consider the impact COVID-19 restrictions are...
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Noel
Nov 20, 20203 min read
Democracy has consequences
On Tuesday evening, the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework was once more derailed, this time courtesy of Liberal Democrat councillors...
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Noel
Sep 28, 20203 min read
Divide and conquer: Thornham residents shouldn't throw a street party just yet...
Oldham Labour Party have saved Thornham Old Road from development. Or so they would have us believe. Despite the dubious merit of this...
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Noel
Aug 18, 20204 min read
A call to arms...
Royton needs your help raising the funds to take OMBC to court.
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Noel
May 18, 20204 min read
GMSF myth-buster
During the course of our campaign to save Royton's Green Belt, the people of Royton have been subjected to disinformation by the Mayor of...
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Noel
Aug 5, 20193 min read
Stephen Irvine, Head of Planning, suspended by OMBC.
Stephen Irvine, Head of Planning and Infrastructure at Oldham Metropolitan Borough, has been suspended from the council. According to...
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Noel
Mar 22, 20192 min read
Save Royton's Greenbelt appeal now available to download
In short, these plans are nothing short of a disaster for Royton, and the north of the borough in general. We believe our appeal is a powerf
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