Archive for November, 2009
Local Conservatives have backed local residents in Irlam and Peel Green who are furious at Labour Council proposals to bulldoze Green Belt land at Barton Moss for industrial use.
The proposals, contained within the Council’s draft Core Strategy report, would see 40 hectares of Green Belt land designated for industrial use – this would mean either Grade 1 agricultural land or Boysnope Park golf course being ripped up to provide warehousing and other industry.
Councillor Iain Lindley, Prospective Conservative MP for Worsley & Eccles South, said:
“Green Belt land is a green lung for our local communities and these proposals would remove almost all open space between Irlam and Peel Green. The A57 along the Barton stretch is already operating beyond capacity. Local residents are already having to cope with Port Salford, the Reds Stadium and a likely upgrade of Barton Airport, without the destruction of 40 hectares of Green Belt land on their doorstep.”
“I urge all local residents in Irlam, Cadishead and Peel Green to respond to the Core Strategy consultation before the January deadline”
To respond to the Core Strategy consultation, visit the Council website.
Salford Conservatives are delighted that the Schools Adjudicator has ruled in favour of St George’s. It is an excellent school at the heart of the local community and local Conservatives have said all along that there was no reasonable justification for closing it down.
This ruling is a triumph for local parents, pupils (past and present), staff and community members who have worked so tirelessly to save their school. We are thrilled that they have achieved the right result.
Salford’s Labour Council could have avoided two years of unnecessary heartache and hassle imposed on the local communities in Walkden and Little Hulton by admitting that they were wrong to propose the closure of St George’s in the first place. They have shown a complete failure to listen to local people and we hope that they will now return to the drawing board and draw up proposals to improve our local schools which ensure that every child really does matter and all pupils benefit from new development.
