Save Royton's Greenbelt

Greater Manchester’s housing master plan, Places for Everyone (formerly the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework) will be undergoing...

On February 14th, Andy Burnham and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority submitted the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan to...

On 30 May 2022, the Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone will come into effect. It will span the whole of Greater Manchester and be the...

The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework has returned, with Royton's Green Belt once again in its sights. The last time we saw the GMSF...

Save Royton’s Greenbelt is not a political group and for that reason we did not endorse any political candidates or party, but the fact...

Councillor Hannah Roberts, Cabinet Member for Housing at OMBC, has announced that the Hanging Chadder allocation will not be included in...

As Greater Manchester hurtles towards Tier 4 lockdown, it is worth taking a moment to consider the impact COVID-19 restrictions are...

On Tuesday evening, the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework was once more derailed, this time courtesy of Liberal Democrat councillors...

Oldham Labour Party have saved Thornham Old Road from development. Or so they would have us believe. Despite the dubious merit of this...

Royton needs your help raising the funds to take OMBC to court.

During the course of our campaign to save Royton's Green Belt, the people of Royton have been subjected to disinformation by the Mayor of...

Stephen Irvine, Head of Planning and Infrastructure at Oldham Metropolitan Borough, has been suspended from the council. According to...

In short, these plans are nothing short of a disaster for Royton, and the north of the borough in general. We believe our appeal is a powerf

The reason being given for releasing land from the greenbelt is that Oldham (and Greater Manchester at large) will run out of building land

The latest GMSF draft has increased Oldham’s target while lowering the target in every other district of Greater Manchester, despite the fac

With over 3 percent (2,893) of all homes in Oldham MB vacant as of 2017, Oldham has the worst record in the whole of Greater Manchester. And

The Local Housing Need (LHN) for each borough or city across the country is established by a standardised independent methodology. In theory

The physical scale of land mass isn’t the only important factor in analyzing the greenbelt allocations. The distribution of plot allocations

Across Oldham MB, 352 ha (hectares) of greenbelt will be built on. Royton, Shaw & Crompton and Chadderton North (44 ha) will lose 255 ha

Throughout much of the debate surrounding the Greater Manchester Spacial Framework, much has been made of the “Tory target” i.e. a mandated