On Saturday morning, myself and Cllr Les Turner, together with some very kind volunteers, were out on Hilton Lane and the surrounding area to ask local residents what they thought about the Labour Council’s proposals to bulldoze the greenfield land at Burgess Farm (south of Hilton Lane) and build 1000+ new homes.
The proposals are contained within the Council’s draft “Core Strategy”, which will become the key planning guidance for the Council for the next 20 years. The Labour Council want to designate Burgess Farm as a key greenfield housing development site, in order to support the Government’s daft house-building target.
Residents on Hilton Lane in particular are extremely angry at the proposals to develop this land. Local Conservatives have said consistently that we do not support the development of green field and green belt sites nor do we support the Government’s daft imposed target of over 30000 new build homes in Salford which has caused these proposals to come forward.
This is far from the only daft proposal in the Core Strategy and I will continue to highlight them over the coming weeks. So how do local residents have their say?
The public consultation for the draft Core Strategy starts on Monday 9th November and runs for 10 weeks through to Friday 15th January 2010. You can comment in a number of different ways:
- Via the Council website at www.salford.gov.uk/core-strategy (please note the new plans are not on there until 9th November)
- By e-mail, to plans.consultation@salford.gov.uk
- By fax, on 0161 793 3782
- By writing to Core Strategy Consultation, Spatial Planning, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 5BY.
- If you want to speak to a Council planning officer, you can call 0161 793 2664.
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