'We don't need to do it - it's a betrayal of future generations'
Campaigners have launched a legal challenge to prevent vast areas of green belt land in Greater Manchester being swallowed up for development. One of the leaders of the Save Greater Manchester Greenbelt group (SGMG) has described the ‘take’ of 34 areas of green belt in the Places for Everyone (PfE) strategic plan, which outlines planning objectives for the next 17 years, as a ‘betrayal of future generations’.