Save Bamford Greenbelt

Shame we saw this too late or we could have applied for council funding to stop the council building on greenbelt… to raise climate awareness and promote biodiversity 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️
Are we the only one thinking this is an oxymoron???

The Climate Co-Operators fund is providing £20k worth of grants to community groups that will help people save money, improve their health and connect to the local environment.

Community groups have until TOMORROW, Sunday 28 July to apply. Find out more here: https://www.actiontogether.org.uk/ClimateCooperators Action Together

What is Grey Belt? Well it’s currently not a legal status, it’s a made up term to describe greenbelt that’s previously been developed, but is contained within a greenbelt designated area.
Described as poor quality and ugly areas - on parts of protected land. Question is, who decides what’s ugly or poor quality? If scrubland grows over and is left to revert back to the wild. Is it ugly? Is it scruffy? What defines poor quality?

What is the 'grey belt' and how many homes could Labour build? Labour has announced plans to build on the "grey belt", as it tries to meet its pledge for 1.5 million homes.

Having had the support from Friends of Bamford fundraiser last week, it’s the Greenbelt supporters turn, if any volunteers want to turn up and help do a bit of tidying up, housekeeping and for those more adventurous, a spot of gardening. Getting the green ship shape for this years entry ‘in bloom’.
Pitch up between 11-1 on the Green. Sunday 9th June. No equipment necessary unless you have done, but gloves are advised.

If the fun dog show last Sunday inspired you to get involved in more local Community events, we'll be up on the Green again this coming Sunday, weather permitting, this time tidying up the Community Garden, and we could use some help.
Judging for Rochdale In Bloom takes place sometime at the end of June, so if we're to achieve our usual Level 5, Outstanding, result, we need to get it tidied up a bit, as it's been a bit neglected this year, and is looking decidedly straggly with all the rain.
Sunday, 9th June, between 11.00am and 1.00pm. All welcome.

For all those fundraising, campaigning and generally keeping this topic alive in the local public eye. Here’s a synopsis and update link to where the whole of the Greater Manchester groups fight is up to. Together all the Greenbelt groups are stronger. 💚

Update on SGMGB Judicial Review – Save Greater Manchester's Greenbelt Update on SGMGB Judicial ReviewBy admin / June 3, 2024 Update on SGMGB Judicial Review from the SGMGB Management CommitteeThis blog updates you on the current status of our Judicial Review (JR) claim and to encourage you to do all you can to help us raise the funding (£100,000) we need to continue ...

Just thank you. All who organised. All who participated. All who donated. Amazing 👏

Bamford and Norden, you are amazing!
The FOB /Amber Pets fun dog show yesterday was a roaring success, socially and financially, and thanks to you amazing people, raised over £2500 for Save Bamford Green Belt, in Sponsorships, entry fees, dog events, donations, catering, and let's not forget the sale of the tomato plants and the raffle for the orange Mountain Bike! 🤣🤣🤣
Just as importantly, everyone seemed to have a good day and enjoy this friendly community event.
Huge thanks to all the generous local businesses who sponsored classes or other prizes, to the people who baked and donated cakes to sell, and to the volunteers who helped organise, set up, run it and clear up afterwards. Also thanks to the judge, and an extra large thanks to Angela, at Amber Pets, who we suspect is secretly Wonder Woman🤣. But most of all, thanks to YOU, and your dogs, for supporting this event so brilliantly.
Every penny raised will go to SBGB, part of the ongoing contribution to the wider Save Greater Manchester Green Belt Fund, towards the Legal Challenge to building on Green Belt.
If every community in Greater Manchester does as well as this, they'll raise the money in no time.🤞🤞
Thank you all, once again.

Great podcast on BBC Sounds, featuring our neighbours in Bury and the campaign to save the Greenbelt. Covers us all within GM. Great publicity on the legal fight we are now mounting against the GM councils (excluding Stockport).

The Law Show - Protest, Lasting power of attorney and the Green belt - BBC Sounds Conversation about the laws making headlines, and the laws that shape everyday life.

As you know, Amber Pets and Friends of Bamford are hosting a Fun Dog show in a few weeks in aid of Save Bamford Greenbelt to support the fundraising efforts. We would like to thank them, but this is also a shout-out to see if any anyone of our kind supporters would be free to volunteer to help out on the day?
If you reply in the post the organisers will message you separately to arrange.

Great article on BBC News about our campaign across Greater Manchester against P4E, featuring one of our close neighbours affected in Bury at Simister. Just keeps outlining the madness of building on greenbelt in swathes, as they have put - the plans are for "the wrong homes in the wrong places"
Andy Burnham

Campaigners to sue over Greater Manchester plans for greenbelt homes Campaigners objected to the plan say the wrong homes are planned for the wrong places.

https://www.youtube.com/live/5_29yTTIpXk?si=DZlyyC5NXo1gD6Hh

We couldn’t word it better that this post.
Climate emergency, net zero and build on greenbelt being passed…. All uttered in the same hustings

Greater Manchester Mayoral Hustings The candidates will discuss environmental issues.

A Dogs eye view of what we are fighting and fundraising to protect. For the future generations, nature now, and the climate for ever.
Supporting the cause and fundraising are local community group Friends of Bamford and business Amber Pets with a Fun Dog Show. In support of Save Bamford Greenbelt. Sponsored by Amber Pets. Sign up, join in on June 2nd at Bamford Green.


Everyone Andy Burnham

The fundraiser being organised by Fun Dog Show. In support of Save Bamford Greenbelt. Sponsored by Amber Pets and Friends of Bamford is open for entrants and sponsors alike.

You can download the form to enter and take to Amber Pets

If you want to sponsor one of the medals, with the opportunity to pop your company brochure /business card into 150 doggy bags all contestants get to take home, drop either of the organisers linked above.

Everyone

A big thank you to everyone who came last night and contributed. Thank you for your generous support in the pocket, in voice, and in volunteering - it means a lot. We will update you as soon as possible on the next bits to come.

Hoping to see many people tomorrow night at the public meeting, but in case you can’t make it and still want to contribute, everything is gratefully welcomed.

Help raise £3000 to Save Bamford Greenbelt Weʼre raising money to Save Bamford Greenbelt. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

Help raise £3000 to Save Bamford Greenbelt Weʼre raising money to Save Bamford Greenbelt. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

A big thanks to all our willing volunteers who went out headier delivering this weekend for the public meeting in the 22nd November. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

We know we will need to raise more money to fund a judicial review, in April. We have to start now to be ready, as April will be too late.
Any donations are gratefully received & all go to fighting to keep this last remaining undeveloped green area and greenbelt between Norden & Bamford for all of us.

Help raise £3000 to Save Bamford Greenbelt Weʼre raising money to Save Bamford Greenbelt. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

Keep on signing, we are over 4000, but when this first was announced 9 years ago, there was over 20,000.
Don’t let protest fatigue let it be passed.

Ask the Secretary of State (DLUHC) to intervene in the PfE Greater Manchester spatial framework. Places for Everyone is Greater Manchester’s Joint Development Plan for housing, the economy and the environment (previously known as the GMSF). For the reasons set out below, we believe that it needlessly proposes Green Belt and Protected Open Land for development, which will cause harm to the cli...

Keep on sharing & signing. When this first started 9 years ago there were over 20,000 complaints from the public, let’s show it’s still as important and time hasn’t when us all down

Ask the Secretary of State (DLUHC) to intervene in the PfE Greater Manchester spatial framework. Places for Everyone is Greater Manchester’s Joint Development Plan for housing, the economy and the environment (previously known as the GMSF). For the reasons set out below, we believe that it needlessly proposes Green Belt and Protected Open Land for development, which will cause harm to the cli...

Ask the Secretary of State (DLUHC) to intervene in the PfE Greater Manchester spatial framework. Places for Everyone is Greater Manchester’s Joint Development Plan for housing, the economy and the environment (previously known as the GMSF). For the reasons set out below, we believe that it needlessly proposes Green Belt and Protected Open Land for development, which will cause harm to the cli...

The fact developers are trying to lodge building plans across Rochdale ahead of P4E shows that the argument that pre allocating greenbelt in these plans will stop development on greenbelt. This demonstrates it actively encourages it as the developers feel it will be passed as a guarantee.

Oldham Council objects to proposal for 1,400 homes which has come 'too soon' Oldham Council has objected to a proposal to build nearly 1,400 homes in Rochdale near its border with Oldham

This isn’t going away. Before it’s too late and it’s gone, and there’s no green space left between Bamford & Norden, please sign the petition. It takes a whole minute.

Ask the Secretary of State (DLUHC) to intervene in the PfE Greater Manchester spatial framework. Places for Everyone is Greater Manchester’s Joint Development Plan for housing, the economy and the environment (previously known as the GMSF). For the reasons set out below, we believe that it needlessly proposes Green Belt and Protected Open Land for development, which will cause harm to the cli...

SAVE THE DATE: Online Public Meeting on Thursday 5th October at 7.00pm

Save Greater Manchester Green Belt Group are organising an online Public Meeting to update any one who is interested in the latest developments in the Places for Everyone plan. The meeting is open to anyone and will be on MS Teams (which works in your browser, no need to download it).

The public hearings have finished and the Inspectors have recommended modifications to the Places for Everyone Plan which now require another consultation. This will be the final consultation over 8 weeks and is due to start any day now.

If you want to hear the latest updates, the link will be shared shortly.
Save the date & join the meeting on Thursday 5th October 7.00pm - 8.00pm.

Below is the latest, latest update on the plan modifications so far.

Modifications Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) - working together to improve the lives of people in Greater Manchester - Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan

See below for an update on PfE for everyone, but especially drafted for all GM councillors in advance of the revised PfE plan being presented to the 9 Councils Executive Committee for approval in the next couple of weeks.

We aren’t against development. We don’t need Green Belt in the plan according to their own figures. We just want it taking out. Please keep looking out for ways to protest. It’s not gone away yet.

Unnecessary Release of Green Belt in the Places for Everyone Spatial Plan – Save Greater Manchester’s Greenbelt Unnecessary Release of Green Belt in the Places for Everyone Spatial PlanBy admin / August 23, 2023 Unnecessary Release of Green Belt in the Places for Everyone Spatial PlanOpen Letter to Councillors in Districts supporting the Unnecessary Release of Green Belt in the Places for Everyone Spatial Pla...

This evening at No.1 Riverside is the planning committee meeting where the Crimble Mill site will be on the agenda.

The meeting starts at 6pm and is open to the public.

Rochdale mill transformation primed for approval - Place North West Redwaters and Prescot Business Park have teamed up to restore the grade two-listed Crimble Mill and deliver 214 homes across the 56-acre Green Belt site near Heywood.

So, this is a little confusing to say the least, but it seems that the GMCA added non greenbelt land (like parks for example) to hide the amount of real green belt that would be lost if developed, to make the loss of greenbelt figures look ‘better’. As these areas are not allowed to be counted as greenbelt ( as they aren’t) they have now taken them out, but sounds like they are trying to make it sound like a concession…. Read into this what you can….

Green Belt – the net approaches the gross as GMCA backtracks 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 desi…

Dear all SBGB Supporters.

As you may have heard, Michael Gove hopes to amend the National Planning Guidelines (NPPF) and has put the new guidelines out for consultation. They are very good news for us as he is proposing to remove the mandatory housing target figure for each area, so Councils will no longer be able to say they have to build houses or they will be fined by the Govt. As one Bury Councillor put it “They are taking away our shield”.

The developers are not happy about the new guidelines, and we are sure they will be putting in some very detailed objections to the consultation, so it is important that this gets supporting responses from as many people as possible ….. we don’t want the developers to have it all their own way!!

Please could everyone spare a few minutes to respond to the consultation? It’s an online one like the PfE.
www.gov.uk/government/consultations/levelling-up-and-regeneration-bill-reforms-to-national-planning-policy

The Community Planning Alliance and Save GMGB have put together a guide with email templates or ideas by each question asked which can be found here:
https://www.communityplanningalliance.org/nppf-consultation.html

NPPF Consultation | Community Planning Alliance Government has proposed major changes to the National Planning Policy Framework and is currently running a public consultation, with a deadline of 11.45pm on March 2nd.

A few interesting facts on where some of your local taxes contribute to….

Greater Manchester spent £500k on one barrister for controversial housing scheme King’s Counsel (KC) barrister Christopher Katkowski has been paid £519,650 in public money for his role in the Places for Everyone plan

Don’t forget today is the day for Bamford Allocation. Keep your fingers crossed. Thanks to the committee members taking time to attend in person on our group’s behalf.

08.02.23 - Places for Everyone Examination View more information about Places for Everyone at:https://www.hwa.uk.com/projects/gmca/https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/places-for-everyone/Timestamp...

The hearing for Bamford allocation is this Wednesday 8th Feb. Here’s the YouTube link in advance to be able to watch live on the day or the recording after. Fingers crossed for the sensible green friendly outcome.

08.02.23 - Places for Everyone Examination View more information about Places for Everyone at:https://www.hwa.uk.com/projects/gmca/https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/places-for-everyone/Timestamp...