Thank you for writing to me. It does sound rather awful. I have to admit I get so many letters from so many people asking me to help with campaigns, that I can’t really do much for every single one of them. But I can write this letter of support and say that though you [...]
Archive for the ‘Letters of Support’ Category
Letter of Support From Griff Rhys Jones
Posted in Letters of Support on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Letter of Support from Mike Harding
Posted in Letters of Support on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What can I say other than that I oppose this development completely. Manchester has the lowest percentage of parkland for a major European city that I can think of. Even New York, where land is at a premium, has more. Piccadilly Gardens lost a huge chunk of its open land to private developers and now [...]
Letter of Support from The Open Spaces Society
Posted in Letters of Support, Village Green Application on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Re: Land at Chorlton Meadows, Hardy Farm Sports ground, Chorlton, Manchester The Open Spaces Society (formally the Commons, Open Spaces and Footpaths Preservation Society) was founded in 1865 and is Britain’s oldest national conservation body. It campaigns to protect common land, village greens, open spaces and public paths, and people’s right to enjoy them. We [...]
Letter of Support from Labour Councillors
Posted in Letters of Support on September 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Further to our recent letter regarding the proposals for football pitches on the ex-UMIST site on Chorlton Meadows, we are disappointed that the football club didn’t take our advice and went ahead in submitting its plans.
An email From Councillor Norman Lewis
Posted in Letters of Support on September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As a member of the Planning Committee I would normally be expected to stay NEUTRAL about any planning application until it came before the committee. However I feel so STRONGLY about the need to preserve the CHARACTER of the area and I have already VOICED my OPPOSITION to ANY development of this part of the [...]
An email from Paul Ankers (Chorlton Councillor)
Posted in Letters of Support on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following was received from Paul Ankers (Chorlton Councillor) today, and published with his permission: I have promised many of you that I would keep you informed of developments into the land at the end of Hardy Lane. Most of you have already expressed your concern, but a few of you are included because I [...]
An email from Sheila Newman (Chorlton Councillor)
Posted in Letters of Support on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Further to the recent coverage regarding the Chorlton football pitch plan, we’re writing to urge the owners of the land (West Didsbury and Chorlton AFC) to now take stock of the widespread public concern about their plans and to revise their proposals in the light of issues raised. Furthermore, we strongly urge West Didsbury and Chorlton AFC to then widely publicise any such revised proposals in the South Manchester Reporter and elsewhere and to undertake a thorough public consultation…
Email from John Leech MP
Posted in Letters of Support on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following email was received from our local MP John Leech prior to Wednesday 26th August’s meeting: Thank you for your email and apologies for the delay in replying because I have been away on holiday for 2 weeks. I was asked by Rob Turley from West Didsbury Football club to meet with him just [...]
