A BLUEPRINT has been published in a bid to reduce the impact of housing development on the green belt across.

As part of the effort, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has published data this week revealing brownfield land identified potentially for future housing and employment developments.

Between now and 2035, Greater Manchester’s 10 councils, estimate that there is potentially enough land across the region to build 175,000 homes.

New rules in place since last April meant that all local authorities had to publish a brownfield land register by December of last year.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said: “We’ve published this data so everyone can see the land we’ve identified for potential development.

“We’re now asking local people, community groups and others to take a look at these sites and let us know if there are any we have missed, or if there are other sites they think we should consider.

“We’re doing everything we can to increase the land available for development within our existing towns and neighbourhoods, while minimising the impact on our green spaces, and it’s important that local people are involved in this process.

“Together with other regional mayors, I have also written to the Government, urging them to invest in infrastructure, regeneration and brownfield sites which have been unused for years.

Mr Burnham said he welcomed the recent £69 million funding pledge from Government through the Housing Investment Fund, which could help prioritise and improve the viability of brownfield development.

A report prepared by specialist firm Lichfields’ and seen by Trafford Council, states that while Manchester. Bolton and Salford could deliver on their target to provide homes, the remaining six local authorities including Trafford could only deliver 30 per cent of their requirement from brownfield.

Lichfields adds: “While there is much to be welcomed in the Greater Manchester local authorities it seems that the re-use of brownfield land for housing can only be part of the solution.”

You can view the data at mappinggm.org.uk/

GMCA is calling on people to email GMSFconsultation@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk with sites they think have been missed in the land supply data.

Any new sites submitted will be assessed for their development potential. In total, it is estimated that 200,000 homes are needed in Greater Manchester.

Sites around Trafford include tracts of land both large and small, including: Sinderland Brook/Woodheys Clough off Manchester Road; Park Road Timperley; Cherry Lane/Rothesay Crescent, Sale; Walton Road North; Nelson House, Park Road, Timperley; Peveril Road, Altrincham; Trafalgar House House, Altrincham; Former Brentwood School, Timperley; Holy Cross Church, Park Road, Timperley; Bollin Private Hotel, Manchester Road, Altrincham; Brethrens Meeting Room, Brook Lane, Timperley; Victoria Rest Home, 295 Washway Road, Sale; Square Town Square, Sale; land alongside Sale Metrolink stop; Claremont Centre, Sale; Britannia Road Industrial Estate; Stretford Mall; Stretford Memorial Hospital; Wharfside Way; Carrington; Dumplington; land at the rear of Lady of the Vale Nursing home, Theobald Road, Bowdon, Latham Hall Farm, Hale, former Crosby’s Nurseries, Wood Lane, Timperley.