The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)is made up of the ten Greater Manchester Councils and the Mayor of Greater Manchester. The GMCA has submitted a Joint Development Document (the Plan or DPD) to the SoS for examination on behalf of 9 of the 10 Councils. The SoS appointed an Inspector to examine the Plan. The Inspector recommended adoption of the Plan. In SAVE GREATER MANCHESTER GREEN BELT LTD v Sos for HCLG and GMCA the Claimants, who opposed the development of housing on green belt land, applied for statutory review of the adoption .The Court addressed examination of DPDs (paras27-34), challenge to a DPD ( paras 35-43), policies in the NPPF in relation to Green Belt (paras 44-101), the Examination (paras 102-108), and the Inspector’s Report (paras 109-122). All 5 Grounds of challenge were dismissed : paras 10/11 and 123).
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