Tag Archives: Places for Everyone

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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Community campaigners probe Labour position on Green Belt development

Posted on 30 January, 2023 by The Steady State Manchester team

  Save Greater Manchester’s Green Belt Group and Steady State Manchester have written to the leader of the Opposition (Sir Keir Starmer) on behalf of a number of GM community groups to provide evidence about the lack of justification for … Continue reading →

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Places for Everyone: the carbon impact. Revised figures.

Posted on 3 January, 2023 by The Steady State Manchester team

We have revised our previously published estimates of the carbon emissions that would occur as a consequence of implementing the Greater Manchester Combined Authority‘s (nine district) spatial plan, Places for Everyone. That plan is currently going through an extended series … Continue reading →

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Places for Everyone, week 3 – Carbon emissions

Posted on 2 December, 2022 by The Steady State Manchester team

pdf version On Tuesday, 29 November, the Planning Inspectorate’s examination of Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Places for Everyone (P4E) plan turned to its policies for sustainability. Our particular interest has been about the plan’s proposals for reducing carbon emissions. There … 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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Places for Everyone goes before the Planning Inspectorate

Posted on 29 October, 2022 by The Steady State Manchester team

November is the month in which the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Places for Everyone Plan goes before the Planning Inspectorate for its “Examination in Public”. Anyone can watch the hearings, which, as it’s a huge plan with many aspects, will … Continue reading →

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Save Greater Manchester’s Greenbelt (SGMGB) awarded the Viable Future Mark

Posted on 8 August, 2022 by The Steady State Manchester team

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 →

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