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Claims last-minute changes to a Greater Manchester masterplan put swathes more land at risk of development than originally proposed have been slapped down by landowners’ lawyers in the High Court today (October 9).

Places for Everyone (PfE), adopted by nine Greater Manchester boroughs last year, has been controversial since its inception 11 years ago, due to how much green belt land it earmarks for development.

Even after being approved, the development blueprint remains a hot topic. Last year, Oldham council flirted with pulling out of the plan, which would have followed Stockport ’s example in 2020.

Now, ‘Save Greater Manchester’s Green Belt’ campaigners have taken Andy Burnham ’s office (GMCA) and the government to court, arguing they ‘erred in law’ by ‘introduci

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