SNP Forum / Core Strategy 8th December November 9, 2009

Hello All,

The SNP Forum scheduled for 8th December is no more : (

Instead has been Councillor Richard Cowell, Executive Member for Environment, on behalf of Manchester City Council, invites you to attend the Core Strategy Seminar  : ) !!!

So what is the difference?  Unlike a normal SNP Forum there will be some issues covered such as the Airport and Transport and Economy which aren’t aren’t normally discussed.

With the Core Strategy nearing its final stages Planning Strategy are keen to get your views on the Proposed Options document which can be found on the documents page of this website.  For the first time in this process, the Proposed Options proposed policy ideas in line with submissions from the last round of consultation, Refining Options.

The Event will be run in two sessions, one afternoon and one evening – see booking form below for details.

You get to choice which session to go to and which workshops you’d like to attend out of the following:

Housing, District Centres, Environment, Airport, Transport, Economy and General.

If you would like to attend please fill out the attached form:

Pre-Registration Form

It will be assumed that attendees have already read the document or at the very least chapters relevant to the workshops selected to attend.  SNAG members will be issued with a briefing paper which will summarize the content and the emerging policy.

Draft Climate Change Action Plan Structure June 22, 2009

Hello Everyone,

The Green City Team have produced  a draft version of the structure of the Climate Change Action Plan.  When finalised this structure will dictate how the Action Plan will be constructed, who will be involved and what themes will be concentrated on.

If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know by Thursday morning.  The agenda for this meeting is here.  Again comments by Thursday morning please.

Best Wishes, Tim.

Planning Update April 14, 2009

Please go to the SNAG Pi site for information on the next stage of consulation on the Core Strategy.  This “Refining Options” stage opens today and closes on the 29th May 2009.

Call to Real Action April 7, 2009

The Call to Real Action (C2RA)  is a grass-roots community response to Manchester City Council’s climate change Call to Action document.  It is a report on what we as citizens as well as the Council should be doing to tackle climate change and address the challenges it presents.

Many members of SNAG were involved in the production of the C2RA which was launched last night at Nexus Art Cafe in the Northern Quarter to a full house!

As far a we are aware, we are the only voluntary/community group to have examined and challenged a public authority’s climate change action plan in the whole of the United Kingdom, perhaps even the world.

It is of course a work in progress and the on-line version of the C2RA shall be updated regularly.  So please keep checking back.  We also welcome comments and views and hope that challenges to our work will allow for more thorough and robust climate change action.

On Tuesday the 21st April Transition City Manchester will be holding an open and pubic meeting at the Friends Meeting Housing to discuss what to do next.  Transition is explained on pages 47 – 51 of the C2RA.  Please come along – all are welcome.

C2RA is available here.

Best Wishes, Tim.