Councillors have called for Oldham to back out of the Greater Manchester scheme
A hotly contested housing plan has been accused of ‘playing Monopoly with people’s lives’ in Oldham. Councillors took aim at ‘Places for Everyone’ , a scheme to build more homes across nine Greater Manchester districts, at a council meeting on Wednesday night.
But some councillors and residents are concerned about the inclusion of greenbelt land as part of the construction.Lib Dem councillor Howard Sykes has called on the council to call on the Secretary of State to reject Oldham’s involvement in the plans and requested an assessment to be carried out on the consequences of withdrawing at this stage.
Conservative councillor Max Woodvine added: “This has presented itself as one of the single biggest causes of concern for most residents who do not want their communities changed beyond recognition.Oldham, along with the rest of the country, is locked in a housing crisis.
The plan would include building on land in Beal Valley, Bottom Field Farm, Broadbent Moss, south of Coal Pit Lane, and south of Rosary Road, which are fully or partially under greenbelt designations. But Labour councillors argued they had ‘identified every brownfield site’ they could and ‘saved several greenbelt sites from development’.
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