Trafford Heritage Society wishes you a Merry Christmas

Trafford Heritage Society wishes you a Merry Christmas with this film of Sale Moor!

Watling Gate

The house, called Watling Gate, is a Listed Building, and during the time it has been under the supposed protection of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, the art collection has been lost and the building has deteriorated to such a degree that it is no longer safe.

The Independent

Paul Vallely: 'In shops here, the level of attentiveness borders on a free social service'

Home And Away

"...It began when the local council, Trafford, splashed out £5,000 of our council tax on hiring a firm of surveyors to write to local businesses about the free car park down the road in Sale Moor to "invite interested parties to submit proposals for this land"..."

Read the ful story online!

'In shops here, the level of attentiveness borders on a free social service'

We got mentioned in the Independent today Thursday, 19 November 2009.

“…It began when the local council, Trafford, splashed out £5,000 of our council tax on hiring a firm of surveyors to write to local businesses about the free car park down the road in Sale Moor to "invite interested parties to submit proposals for this land"…

…A group of local activists, calling themselves Trafford Heritage Society, got together a campaign against the supermarket plan. They raised a 2,500 signature petition, established a Sale Moor Covenant and set up a lively website… A victory for people power. Now there's a rarity in modern British political life.”

(Read the full story in today’s issue)

Trafford Conservatives issue a secret message to the Traders of Sale Moor.

Prefaced by the statement ‘for your eyes only’ Trafford Conservative Councillors issued a message this week to the traders of Sale Moor seeking to claim credit for saving Warrener Street Car Park. The message, in the form of a paper document, was distributed only to the businesses in Sale Moor. It stated that the Leader of the Council made the decision to preserve the car park, purely on the weight of public opinion against development. The decision to retain Warrener Street car park was announced by the Council on Monday 09.11.09. Yet the Leader, Councillor Matthew Colledge stated in an e-mail to THS, on 08.11.09, (the day before) that

My earlier comments remain: there are no plans for developing Warrener Street Car Park.

So, Cllr Colledge, what were you intending to do with the car park, before you decided to preserve it ?

You can’t have it both ways !

Either you were intending to develop the car park and you decided against it in view of the overwhelming public outcry.

Or you never had any plans, as you claimed in your e-mail, in which case there would have been no need to announce your decision that you had decided to preserve it.

Click here to read the "secret message"...

People Power!

Warrener Street car park in Sale Moor, Trafford will not be developed promises Trafford Council

CAMPAIGNERS have claimed victory in the battle to prevent a Sale Moor car park from being developed. They are celebrating after council chiefs said this week that they won’t sell the free car park at Warrener Street to developers.
They have underlined their commitment to retain the car park by promising to re-surface it early next year... (click her to read the full story)

"Major worries over Greenspace Strategy" - response from Councillor Jane Baugh

(Click here to read the response from Councillor Jane Baugh about Trafford MBC's Greenspace Strategy)

(Download Trafford MBC's Greenspace Strategy document (*.pdf))