The last time you drove around the area, were you struck by the empty roads? No? They are pretty busy; there is serious congestion and parking spaces are hard to find.

Have you noticed that we have more secondary school places than we have children? No? There is a growing crisis in school places.

Similarly, do you always get a GP appointment on the day that you want it? No.

The solution put forward by Labour Mayor Andy Burnham and Labour-controlled Trafford Council is to concrete over the remaining green belt land between Timperley and Hale known as the Timperley Wedge and yet more concrete, this time at Carrington Moss.

The whole point of a wedge is to provide a green punctuation mark, to halt the sprawl, and to stop areas drifting into each other so that everything is indistinguishable.

The developments would result in thousands of additional families, putting extra pressure on local services and infrastructure.

Instead of the ridiculous attempt by Andy Burnham to introduce a congestion charge on the pretext of improving air quality, the Mayor should revisit these damaging plans which would result in more congestion and pollution.

Building on Carrington Moss would result in at least 4,300 new houses and a 350,000 sq m commercial area. 

Anyone who cares about the environment will be aware that a peat moss acts as a sink for carbon; it does more per square mile to tackle carbon emissions than rainforest.

Building on Carrington Moss is environmental vandalism. Peat moss takes thousands of years to develop but would be destroyed in a few short days. 

I believe that local people will be furious about these proposals and will stand with local Conservatives in opposing them.

Government policy to prioritise the development of brownfield sites would ease some of the pressures on the green belt and provide extra housing for families in areas that are well served by public transport and other services.

Instead, Andy Burnham wasted the taxpayer £100 million (and counting) of your money on signs and cameras which will never be used with the total bill forecast to be over £200 million; money that could have been spent on investing in school places or perhaps fixing our roads.

I hope that common sense will prevail on this important issue and instead of building over every blade of grass I hope that that we can preserve the green lungs of our area for future generations.