Greater Manchester Green Belt Assessment FINAL REPORT Prepared by LUC July 2016 Project Title: Greater Manchester Green Belt Assessment Client: Manchester City Council, on behalf of Bolton MBC, Bury MBC, Manchester City Council, Oldham MBC, Rochdale MBC, Salford CC, Stockport MBC, Tameside MBC, Trafford MBC and Wigan MBC Version Date Version Details Prepared by Checked by Approved by 1 26/05/16 Draft Report Sarah Young Sarah Young Nick James Nick James Alex Burton Kate Nicholls Kieran Moroney Graham Cameron Ben Gurney 2 30/06/16 Draft Final Report Sarah Young Sarah Young Nick James Nick James Alex Burton 3 25/07/16 Final Report Sarah Young Sarah Young Nick James Planning & EIA LUC BRISTOL Offices also in: Land Use Consultants Ltd th Registered in England Design 12 Floor Colston Tower London Registered number: 2549296 Landscape Planning Colston Street Bristol Glasgow Registered Office: Landscape Management BS1 4XE Edinburgh 43 Chalton Street Ecology T +44 (0)117 929 1997 London NW1 1JD FS 566056 EMS 566057 LUC uses 100% recycled paper Mapping & Visualisation
[email protected] Contents 1 Introduction 1 Study objectives and scope 1 Consultation 2 Report structure 2 2 Context 3 National Green Belt policy 3 Greater Manchester local planning policy 4 Green Belt guidance and case law 11 The Greater Manchester Green Belt 13 The character of the Greater Manchester Green Belt 19 3 Methodology 22 Part 1: Developing the methodology 23 Parcel definition 23 Assessment criteria 24 Part 2: Identification and assessment of land parcels 38 Desk based