Category Archives: Greater Manchester City Region

Green Belt – the net approaches the gross as GMCA backtracks

Posted on 10 March, 2023 by The Steady State Manchester team

When Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) published its Places for Everyone, 9-District Spatial Plan, it was keen to point out that the impact on the Green Belt had been reduced by the designation of some existing green spaces as Green … Continue reading →

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Places for Everyone, week 2 – Green Belt and Airport

Posted on 28 November, 2022 by The Steady State Manchester team

The Planning Inspectorate continues its Examination in Public of Greater Manchester’s nine district Places for Everyone joint spatial plan (known as P4E). We previously reported on week 1. Last week they discussed matters concerning the brownfields first policy, the justification … Continue reading →

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Places for Everyone hearings: the first week

Posted on 6 November, 2022 by The Steady State Manchester team

post updated, 10 November The Greater Manchester Places for Everyone Plan is now being examined in a series of public hearings by the Planning Inspectorate. As one of the parties that made critical consultation comments on the plan, we have … Continue reading →

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Greater Manchester’s Places for Everyone Plan: the Carbon Impact

Posted on 16 July, 2022 by The Steady State Manchester team

Please note – we have now (January, 2023) updated the calculations – the new version and an introductory blog post is at this link. _____________________________________________________________ Download the report, latest version (pdf, 0.6 MB) Download the previous version (pdf, 0.6 MB) … Continue reading →

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Consultation Response: Places for Everyone

Posted on 1 October, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

Here is Steady State Manchester’s response to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s strategic spatial plan: Places for Everyone, formerly the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework. We have assessed the plan on the basis of its soundness (for the criteria set out … Continue reading →

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And then there were 9: Places for Everyone comments

Posted on 16 September, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

And then there were 9: Places for Everyone – the new GM Spatial Framework. Post updated 20 and 25 Sept, 2021 (minor updates and correction to carbon figures). Table of Contents Background Loss of Green Space Comments on the Integrated … Continue reading →

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Places for Everyone? The new GM Spatial Framework

Posted on 17 August, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

The final consultation draft of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework is now out. It is now called “Places for Everyone” (P4E below). Consultation closes on 23 October. P4E is little changed from the previous versions that appeared in 2018 and … Continue reading →

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Members and Supporters Event – Shifting the debate

Posted on 24 May, 2021 by James Scott Vandeventer

Last month, we held a meeting with some of our members and supporters to collectively consider the challenges facing Greater Manchester and look ahead to some of the ways Steady State Manchester can work to address those challenges. The meeting … Continue reading →

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