Bury’s council leader has been challenged on whether he is ‘choosing to ignore’ a 6,100 name petition calling for the controversial Places For Everyone development plan to be revisited.
Last July, Bury Council narrowly backed a much-delayed masterplan for building new homes and creating jobs which will release thousands of acres of
green belt land in the borough for housing and industry.
All opposition Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors voted against the plans, citing grave concerns about the release of 1,700 hectares of green belt areas for housing and industry in the Elton reservoir, Walshaw and Simister areas.
