Weekly Update

Events this week:

Weds 25th: ITV's people's Millions - Vote Longford Park A scheme to transform part of Longford Park is one of two schemes shortlisted for a £50,000 Lottery award - and it needs your vote on Wednesday 25 November to secure the funding.
The scheme will feature on Granada TV's evening news programme on Wednesday 25 November. It includes a redesigned rose garden and restored water garden - all with green technology and led by young people; see FoLP.
Voting phone lines will open at 9am on this day and close at midnight. The number to ring will be published at 9am on the following website:-
The Greening of Longford Park"
Calls on a BT landline cost 10p and you are allowed to vote a maximum of ten times.
PLEASE show your support and encourage people you know to support this bid.

Thurs 26th: Core Strategy Consultation As part of the City Council's 'Local Development Framework (LDF)' City Planners will be holding informal drop-in sessions in your local area to help explain the draft Core Strategy document and answer any questions you may have. The session for Chorlton is on this day, at Chorlton Library (Meeting Room A)
5.00pm – 7.00pm.
This all sounds very dry and obscure, and has hardly been publicised by our beloved Council, but it will influence planning in the City for the next 20 years, and is therefore extremely important. For more information or to pre-register to take part in a discussion event at Manchester Town Hall on the 8th December,
Call: 0161 234 4579
e-mail: planningstrategy@manchester.gov.uk
Visit: www.manchester.gov.uk

Campaign Update - Stretford Mega Tesco

The plans for this are now online Reference is 74393/FULL/2009 - scroll to the bottom of the page and click on View Documents and Plans. There are actually 120 documents listed (Transport Assessment runs to 243 pages)- but not all will relate directly to the supermarket. Campaigners are currently digesting the figures but the overall size seems to be even larger than they were told during the consultation. Target decision date is 10th March 2010.