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Tag Archives: Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester must heed Heathrow judgement on airport expansion
GM-CAN’s Response to the Decision on Heathrow’s Proposed Third Runway We, the members of Greater Manchester Climate Action Network (GM-CAN1) welcome the news that Heathrow’s plan to build a third runway has been ruled unlawful. This ruling is a reminder … Continue reading
Doing Buses Differently. Our response to the consultation.
Here is our response to the Mayor and Transport for Greater Manchester proposals for bus system reform. We strongly support these proposals as the best option available now for securing the urgent and massive shift away from private motorised transport … Continue reading
Do More, Faster! Greater Manchester Climate campaigners call for serious climate action.
Today at Salford’s Lowry centre, Mayor Andy Burnham’s second Green Summit takes place. It will launch the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s 5-year Environment Plan. Climate campaigners in Greater Manchester have considered it and found it lacking. GM-CAN, the umbrella grouping … Continue reading
GMCA’s draft Environment Plan for 2019-2024
GMCA’s draft Environment Plan for 2019-2024. A guest commentary by Peter Somerville The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has published a Draft 5-year Environment Plan for 2019 to 2014. This is the first Environment Plan that the Authority has produced, and … Continue reading
Steady State Manchester’s response to the 2019 Greater Manchester Spatial Framework
Here is our response PDF Download To give a flavour, the consultation first asks this question: Is the approach that we have outlined in the plan reasonable? [We said that we] Mostly disagree What is the reason for your answer?: … 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
Why is the GM Spatial Framework delayed?
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has announced that the launch of a redrafted Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) has again been delayed. Here’s why. 1) GMCA now thinks 175,000 houses could be built on available land. Most of this … Continue reading
Accountability for the Mayor of Greater Manchester: Participatory Governance?
Accountability for the Mayor of Greater Manchester: Participatory Governance in the 21st Century by James Scott Vandeventer It has been over a year since Greater Manchester elected its first Mayor. Since then, Mayor Andy Burnham has worked to build the … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester City Region, international, Politics
Tagged Andy Burnham, democracy, DevoManc, digital platforms, Fearless Cities, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Heidelburg, James Vandeventer, Metro Mayor, participation, radical democracy
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