Places for Everyone (PfE) is a joint development plan between the districts of Greater Manchester (with the exception of Stockport), and is the successor to the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework. Between 2021 and 2037, PfE proposes to build 165,000 homes, including nearly 30,000 homes on the Green Belt, across Greater Manchester. It will also make approximately 2 million square metres of Green Belt available for industrial purposes and warehousing. 

Our campaign has been phenomenally successful. We have succeeded in having all of the allocations removed from Thornham (saving Tandle Hill and Hanging Chadder in the process). The only Green Belt Royton now stands to lose is the southern portion of Beal Valley, that extends from Shaw into Royton South. We also stand to lose the protected open land at Royton Moss, which is part of the larger allocation at Broadbent Moss. 

Despite our success we still stand to see a…