Opposing Development In The North West

In Bury, local families are campaigning against a local developer who wants to build houses on a small reservior, a local wildlife haven. Planning permission was turned down by the council, but the developer is appealing this decision. In the meantime the developer has tried to trash the site - they chopped down the mature trees and drained the reservoir.

It appears that somebody kept closing the sluicegate every time the contractors opened it. The contractors then got pissed off and demolished the gate but the hole mysteriouisly got filled up with concrete. It took the workmen two days to remove this blockage. Hosepipes seem to be finding their way into the reservoir and filling it back up with water (lets hope nobody has a water meter). Manchester EF! can put you in touch with the local campaign.

* The Kingswater development, which will include a business park, yuppie housing, a golf course, retail and a private area, is planned to be built on the border of Manchester and Tameside, and is part of the wave of infill development following the completion of the much-opposed M66 motorway. Opposition is growing - the next site walk is on the 12th of October, meet at the car park on the corner of Debdale Park.

Phone 0161 442 8635 for more info.