Andy Burnham speaks out after borough votes to leave in major blow to masterplan
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukAndy Burnham will ‘reach out’ to ‘compromise’ with anti-Places for Everyone (PfE) councillors in Oldham after they decided to leave the housing plan.
Oldham council narrowly voted to request permission to withdraw from PfE, the mayor’s 15-year development blueprint covering nine Greater Manchester boroughs, on Wednesday night (February 12).
The plan has been controversial in some towns as it allows developers to build on sections of the green belt, but has a ‘brownfield land first’ policy.
Stockport voted to leave PfE in late 2020, before it was formally adopted in spring last year. Now, Oldham is attempting to follow them.
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