Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Andrew Bennett (Labour), on Tuesday, 16 October 1990, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 116 members in total.

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North West Water Development, Kingswater

That, whereas this House deplores the proposals of North West Water plc to develop land at Audenshaw and Gorton reservoirs, the Kingswater Development, land which has always been open countryside, a lung of fresh air on the East side of Greater Manchester, land hitherto preserved by the water company's predecessors for walking, canoeing, sailing, golf, informal recreation and farming, it calls on the Secretary of State to set up a public inquiry into the proposals because of the size of the total site of over 700 acres on which this development would go and the fact that the proposals are at total variance with the previous plans for the area; believes that there is a need to test the water company's claim that a large number of jobs would be created; and notes that such a development is totally opposed by the local communities in the area of Audenshaw, Gorton and Denton.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1403 

Session

1989-90

Subjects

Development plans Leisure Environment protection Greater Manchester Recreation spaces North West Water Denton Audenshaw Gorton Kingswater

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk