Two massive decisions affecting our local area are to see delays over the Christmas period.

Bury CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group) have decided to defer a decision on the future of Prestwich and Bury Walk-In Centres to it’s January meeting (15th January 2017).  Hopefully this will give it time to consider the massive public opposition to the closure…..

Greater Manchester Strategic Framework Consultation Extended

In addition the deadline in the consultation on the Greater Manchester Strategic Framework (the plan to destroy 20% of Bury’s ‘green belt land’ (nearly 50% in Whitefield, Unsworth and Prestwich) has been extended to the new year.

The deadline for comments in the consultation is now A23.59 on 16 January 2017.

You can submit your comments online via the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework via email: GMSF@agma.gov.uk

If you have not already done so, please do sign the ‘Hands Off Bury’s Green Belt’ petition – the more signatures we get the better.