TIMPERLEY CIVIC SOCIETY – Geen Space Funding Award

Congratulations to Timperley Councillor Julian Newgrosh and everyone at Timperley Civic Society for gaining a Green Space Funding award of £40,000.

Their project is Greening the Broomwood, a looped access trail connected by QR codes on themed carved wooden totems around the Broomwood Estate.

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said: “I’m really proud to announce the latest round of Green Spaces Fund winners, building on the strong momentum we’re seeing right across Greater Manchester. These projects are helping us respond to the climate and nature emergencies, while creating welcoming spaces that bring people together and support healthier, happier lives.”

》》Carrington Moss Update 《《   10th October 2025

Cllr Rob Duncan writes:

Right now in Carrington Moss, residents are being shut out of decisions that will permanently damage our environment and change our neighbourhoods forever. A 4-week consultation on a project as huge as the New Carrington Masterplan, the Peel NRE development, and the Carrington Relief Road is a disgrace. This isn’t listening — it’s ignoring locals views. Carrington Moss isn’t just empty land — it’s peatland of national importance, a natural carbon sink and flood buffer. Destroying it undermines Trafford’s own promises on carbon neutrality and green protection.

I’ve written formally to Trafford Council’s Chief Executive asking for:
1️⃣ A 12-week consultation minimum;
2️⃣ Full publication of all non-confidential legal and technical documents;
3️⃣ A public meeting with ward members and residents before any decisions are made.

Do Labour listen. Seemingly not in Wigan. & not in Trafford. From warehouses on people’s doorsteps to reckless developments through protected green space — they seem to push ahead regardless of residents’ views or local impact.

FRIENDS OF CARRINGTON MOSS

Guys, I am sure you will all be aware that the Places for Everyone documents have now been submitted to the Secretary of State (Places For Everyone – Greater Manchester Combined Authority (greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk)).

Manchester Airport Future Airspace Project

Manchester Airport Group (MAG) is in the process of updating the flight paths in and out of the airport as part of a UK-wide re-planning of flight paths.  This is a very complex process, controlled by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which is described in detail in a document published in March 2021 by the CAA on Airspace Change.  The flight paths used for take-off and landing have the potential to have a significant impact on Bowdon if the routes adopted concentrate low level aircraft movements overhead and increase aircraft noise nuisance.  However, noise impact is only one of the areas that the re-planning will consider; fuel efficiency, other environmental air quality issues and the interaction with the flight paths to and from other local airports are also key factors.

Following the CAA prescribed process, the airport undertook some preliminary market research to understand residents´ concerns and consider what sort of factors should be considered in the re-planning of flight paths.  The airport then published a set of design principles to be used in the design of the updated flight paths.

Following on from their publication MAG considered flight path options, testing alternative proposals against the design principles they had adopted.  In March/April 2022 the proposed new flight paths were consulted on in small focus groups.  In the discussions the alternative route options were evaluated against the design principles.  Subsequently, the route options were refined, there was an options appraisal of each and then those options were submitted to the CAA ahead of a UK wide consultation process. MAG has now started the process of preparing for the formal consultation. It is planning its stakeholder consultation and engagement, and preparing the consultation documents, including the second-phase Full Options Appraisal with more rigorous evidence for its chosen option(s). The full consultation will occur in 2023/24.

Our colleagues at Bowdon Conservation Group have taken an active role in the consultations so far, but they have some concerns that the process to date has been very prescriptive and do not yet have the information needed to enable them to evaluate the impact of proposals on aircraft noise over Bowdon and Altrincham.

From a local residents’ perspective it is important to note that currently 80% of all flights take off in a south westerly direction and 39% of these fly in the general direction north and east in the vicinity of Bowdon, ie 31% of all take offs fly north and east near Bowdon.

MAG presented the preliminary `design corridors` for the take-off routes to be used by aircraft under the control of Manchester Airport until they attain an altitude of 7000ft. The current control altitude is 4000ft and the current Preferred Noise Routes (PNR) are 3km wide. In future the take-off routes can be more closely controlled due to modern GPS navigation systems. Evidently, a narrower PNR will concentrate the noise nuisance to those unfortunate enough to live beneath that new PNR. At present there is no PNR above 4000ft but in future one will be required to define the route to 7000ft. This aspect is of significant concern to Bowdon Conservation Group as it is between 4000 and 7000ft that most aircraft overfly in the vicinity of Bowdon. Bowdon is also disadvantaged by being in the focal point of the turning track of aircraft as they turn from a south westerly direction to north and then east.

Since the re-planning may well have a significant impact on Bowdon we encourage residents to review the consultation documents and to respond to the consultation when it comes.  We will provide further updates as information becomes available. A link to the documents most recently published in March 2023 can be found here: https://airspacechange.caa.co.uk/news?Page=1

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