Letters
Environment Agency Letter — 16/06/2026
Copy of a letter to Manchester City Council from the Environment Agency raising concerns about the planning application: 142223/FO/2025. Further ground investigations and a more comprehensive groundwater sampling program are required. The letter was obtained as a result of a Freedom of Information request by Friends of Ryebank Fields.
RFCG Letter to MCC — 16/11/2025
Copy of a letter to Manchester City Council from Ryebank Fields Community Group commenting on the Draft Local Plan.
Environmental Law Foundation Letter — 09/10/2025
Copy of a letter to Manchester City Council from the Environmental Law Foundation in support of the community-led and funded planning application ref: 143413/FO/2025.
Letter to Southway Housing Chief Executive — 24/09/2025
Letter to John Bowker Chief Executive at Southway Housing requesting a meeting.
United Utilities Letter — 17/09/2025
Copy of a letter to Manchester City Council from United Utilities, they have not lifted their objection to planning application: 142223/FO/2025.
Letter to Manchester City Council — 27/08/2025
Letter to Bev Craig Council Leader and Tom Stannard Chief Executive at Manchester City Council.
Letter To Chorlton Community Land Trust — 14/08/2025
Letter to CCLT asking them to reconsider their position and join the Save Ryebank Fields campaign.
Letter To Vice-Chancellor Malcolm Press at MMU — 05/08/2025
Letter to Malcolm Press Vice-Chancellor at Manchester Metropolitan University to ask if they intend to proceed with their scheme to sell Ryebank Fields to housing developers.
Letter To Manchester City Council's Planning Dept. — 04/08/2025
Letter to Manchester City Council's Planning Department asking if they have updated the planning application with the objections raised by the Environment Agency.
Greater Manchester Ecology Unit Letter — 18/05/2025
Letter obtained following a Freedom of Information request by Friends of Ryebank Fields. GMEU are also objecting to planning application: 142223/FO/2025. The planning application does not contain adequate details about how the substantial loss of biodiversity from the proposed development will be compensated for.
United Utilities Letter — 09/04/2025
Copy of a letter to Trafford Metropolitan Borough from United Utilities objecting to the planning application: 115688/UL/25.
Environment Agency Letter — 31/03/2025
Copy of a letter to Manchester City Council from the Environment Agency raising concerns about the planning application: 142223/FO/2025. Further ground investigations and a more comprehensive groundwater sampling program are required. The letter was obtained as a result of a Freedom of Information request by Friends of Ryebank Fields.