Save the date! The Friends of Bury Folk members AGM will be held online 20th May 2024 7:30pm. Joining details will be sent via email nearer the time.

IMPORTANT STATEMENT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF BURY FOLK, PLEASE READ AND SHARE

“The Places for Everyone Plan has now been sent out to all 9 GMCA Councils for them to decide whether or not to adopt it. Wigan and Salford Councils have already approved the Plan and it’s our prediction that the remaining 7 Councils will follow suit. Our best way of challenging this will be by way of a regional challenge against the whole Plan by this group in conjunction with all the other Save Greater Manchester’s Greenbelt groups.

We’ve had further discussions with our legal advisors this week and now have a better idea of how much it’s going to cost to take GMCA to task with Judicial Review proceedings.

We’re going to need £100k to see this through to the end. Whilst we’ve been fundraising and saving hard for the last 7 years, we need to raise as much money as we can over the next few weeks to make sure we’re covered.

We’re asking each and every member of this group to contribute what you can towards the costs of our legal action. The best way that you can do this is by bank transfer to:

Account name - The Friends of Bury Folk

Account number - 31647571

Sort code - 40-15-21

Reference - YOUR NAME

Alternatively, you can send cheques to our Membership Secretary, 465 Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 3AA. If you’d rather make a cash donation, please post in the comments below and one of the admin team will arrange with you to come and collect it.

You may see posts elsewhere asking for donations to be sent directly to SGMGB. However, we are administering the collection of funds on behalf of Bury Folk and will handle donations in the best interests of this group.”

Donations can be made to the ‘The Friends of Bury Folk’ account directly via bank transfer so we don't pay commission on a 3rd party crowdfunding site.

Account name -       The Friends of Bury Folk

Account number -    31647571

Sort code -               40-15-21

Reference -               YOUR NAME

Cheques can also be made payable to The Friends of Bury Folk and posted to our Membership Secretary at 465 Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 3AA.

We have substantial campaign funds to cover the early stages of our case but we are going to need more in the future. If you are able to contribute to our campaign fund that would be fantastic and thank you to all who have so far.

WE NEED YOUR URGENT HELP NOW!

Please click on the link below in green and sign and share the petition created by Save Greater Manchester's Green Belt.

Ask the Secretary of State (DLUHC) to intervene in the PfE Greater Manchester spatial framework.

Thank you everyone, let's be the people that saved our countryside in Bury.

WE ARE BURY FOLK! X

To view the documents please go to the Ecological Information Section on the site.

Below are responses to the Places for Everyone Plan now submitted for insprection.

For Word versions of the above documents please go to the Reference Section on the site

Links to submission REFERENCE MATERIAL

For more information on the “consultation” go to (scroll down to the middle of the page to get to the link to the form): https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/.../consultation.../

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you want to view the topic papers for the sites:

Walshaw: https://councildecisions.bury.gov.uk/.../Appendix%204%20...

Elton Reservoir: https://councildecisions.bury.gov.uk/.../Appendix%204%20...

Simister/Bowlee: https://councildecisions.bury.gov.uk/.../Appendix%204%20...

Seedfield: https://councildecisions.bury.gov.uk/.../Appendix%204%20...

To get all the background reports

Elton Reservoir (JPA 7): https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning-and-housing/places-for-everyone/supporting-documents/?folder=%5C10.03%20Site%20Allocations%20-%20Bury%5CJPA7%20Elton%20Reservoir#fList

Walshaw (JPA 9): https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning-and-housing/places-for-everyone/supporting-documents/?folder=%5C10.03%20Site%20Allocations%20-%20Bury%5CJPA9%20Walshaw#fList

Simister/Bowlee (JPA 1.2): https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning-and-housing/places-for-everyone/supporting-documents/?folder=%5C10.01%20Site%20Allocations%20-%20Cross-boundary%5CJPA1.2%20Simister%20and%20Bowlee%20(Northern%20Gateway)#fList

Proposals have been made by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to release wide areas of green belt land so that it can be used for development.

How can you help?

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If you want to show your support for the cause of "Bury Folk Keep it Green" in a practical way, why not become a member of the Friends of Bury Folk? 

Please see the Membership page for further details.

Please also see our What can I do? page for other ways you can support the cause.

link to GMSF consultation website

This group is campaigning against the proposals which affect land in Bury, however there are areas all over greater manchester which are affected. Please have a look at the GMSF website under section 28 'Allocations' to see where they all are. There are links to other groups who are campaigning to save these areas on our Contacts page)

Link to OA2 Elton Reservoir

Link to OA3 Walshaw

Link to OA5 Seedfield

Link to Northern Gateway, various allocations around the M62/M66 junction

These first consultation phase on these proposals ended on 16th January 2017.  We are waiting to find out what the result of this consultation is, and when the next stage of consultation will be. Now 2nd stage released see the top of this page.

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