Greater Manchester’s 201,000-home spatial framework looks to have been kicked into the long grass again, although the GMCA’s attempts to pin the blame on the Government for the delay have been questioned by those close to process.
Rotala has agreed terms to purchase a seven-acre Bolton depot from First Manchester in a £5.3m deal that also includes the majority of First buses operating from the site.
The city region’s leadership has joined with Government in publishing the Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy, the long-term plan aimed at increasing productivity.
Greater Manchester leaders and residents of at-risk buildings have said that the Government’s pledge of £200m to replace ACM cladding on private buildings stops short of addressing the problems they face.
Lancashire County Council has followed up last year’s appointment of Bolton Council’s director of place Stephen Young by hiring Phil Green as director of growth, environment, and planning.
This one-off event puts the leaders shaping Manchester on the same stage for the very first time, to answer the tough questions about the past, present, and future of the city.
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority will next week consider 18 cycling and walking schemes with a combined value of £137m, the projects being part of the proposed Bee Network.
Consultation on the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework has just three days to run, bringing to a close a two-month process examining a plan described this week by Mayor Andy Burnham as supporting “ambitious levels of growth”.
A motion has been submitted by the local authority’s Conservative group ahead of Trafford Council’s meeting next week asking leader Andrew Western to pressure the Greater Manchester leadership over its proposed spatial framework.
Mayor Andy Burnham has issued a statement in response to comments made in Parliament by the minister of state for housing and planning over the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework.
