Greater Manchester Spatial Framework: What next for Bury?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBury and the wider region for the next two decades. The latest draft for Bury proposed to build more than 6,000 homes over the next 17 years, many of which are earmarked for green areas, meaning a net reduction of the green belt in Bury by 520 hectares.The plans as they stand have generated much opposition from all the major non-Labour parties on Bury Council, local pressure groups and the town’s two Conservative MPs.Cllr O’Brien said: “These decisions are never 100 per cent perfect but this is the best plan for the borough.“If you’re guaranteeing the infrastructure’s in place and guaranteeing that this is better than an alternative, which we can clearly demonstrate, then I think most people will accept this is the right thing to do.”Bury’s.
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