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Take a look at our previous newsletters

20/11/2025 – Public Meeting and Updates
20/10/2025 – Public Meeting and Updates
20/09/2025 – Public Meeting and AGM
20/08/2025 – Public Meeting, Complaint to Trafford, Other Updates
20/07/2025 – Public Meeting & Local Planning Initiatives Update
20/06/2025 – Reopening of the former Railway Line
18/05/2025 – BESS Approval, Local Plan, CRR, Masterplan & public meeting
20/04/2025 – CRR, Masterplan & public meeting
20/03/2025 – CRR, Masterplan & public meeting
17/02/2025 – CRR Consultation, funding and public meeting
31/01/2025 – Interim Newsletter re CRR Consultation
20/01/2025 – CRR Consultation, Premature Planning Applications and more!
15/12/2024 – Public Meeting, CRR alternative, LNRS & More
20/11/2024 – Meet Adrian Smith, Neighbourhood Lead, LNRS & More
20/10/2024 – Public Meeting & Planning Applications
20/09/2024 – FOCM AGM, SSE Battery Energy Storage System
20/08/2024 – FOCM AGM, Legal Action, & other Updates
20/07/2024 – Legal Action, New Carrington Masterplan & CRR Updates
20/06/2024 – Legal Action, the Carrington Relief Road and More!
20/05/2024 – New Carrington development criteria, Legal Action and associated fundraising
20/04/2024 – New Carrington development criteria, Legal Action and associated fundraising
20/03/2024 – Places for Everyone Legal Action & Fundraising to Save Carrington Moss
20/02/2024 – Places for Everyone Legal Action & the Carrington Transport Strategy
21/01/2024 – The Future of Flooding & Other Updates
21/12/2023 – Carrington Moss Xmas Walk, Places for Everyone Consultation & Petition & More
21/11/2023 – New Carrington Masterplan, PfE Consultation & Petition & More
21/10/2023 – Places for Everyone Consultation, Petition & More
21/09/2023 – Trafford Speaking at our AGM & More
21/08/2023 – P4E Update, AGM and More
21/07/2023 – P4E Update & 2 more consultations
21/06/2023 – Fire Station & Tree Mgt Consultations, P4E Next Steps and more
21/05/2023 – Green Social Prescribing – Carrington Moss is currently and ideal location
21/04/2023 – Is New Carrington a Suitable Site for Development
21/03/2023 – Trafford’s Full Council discussed P4E – find out what was said!
21/02/2023 – New Carrington P4E Hearing and more
20/01/2023 – Traffic numbers, planning applications and more
31/12/2022 – Planning Application to remove a woodland site of biological importance
10/12/2022 – A by-election, our 200 Club and more
20/11/2022 – More about the huge number of developments in our area
20/10/2022 – An Overwhelming number of developments in our area
22/09/2022 – Join us at our Community Event on 24th September
14/09/2022 – Community Event, P4E Update and more
14/08/2022 – Photography Competition, P4E Update, CRR Update
20/07/2022 – Have you been consulted with?
20/06/2022 – Photo Competition, CRR Complaint and more
16/05/2022 – Enter our Photo Competition and more
13/04/2022 – Join our Sponsored Nature Hunt & more on fundraising
20/03/2022 – Hydrogen Pipeline, CRR and P4E Next Steps
20/02/2022 – FOCM Public Meeting, Scrutiny Committee Update, P4E Next Steps
02/02/2022 – Ackers Farm Planning Application
20/01/2022 – FOCM AGM (Guest speaker: Sharon Groos, Carrington Riding Centre)
10/01/2022 – FOCM AGM (Elections Only)
21/12/2021 – Winter Walk, Warburton Toll Consultation and More
06/11/2021 – Interested in joining our Committee?
23/11/2021 – Public meeting 28/11 – What is on or under the surface of Carrington Moss
03/11/2021 – Join our Walk for Wildlife 6th November
26/10/2021 – Public meeting (Carbon Emissions), Halloween Spooky Tale Trail and more
26/09/2021 – Join our public meeting for our final response to P4£, the latest on the CRR and more
24/08/2021 – Join our foraging walk and a little about our response to the P4E Consultation
20/07/2021 – Carrington Moss under threat from GMSF/P4E & Join us on 28th July for a foraging focused session
18/06/2021 – Join us on 28th June to find out how we can restore our Peat Moss & other news
21/05/2021 – Join us on 28th May for a discussion about recording our sightings on Carrington Moss
24/04/2021 – Join us on 28th April for an Air Quality focused meeting and a special guest speaker
21/03/2021 – Join our next public meeting to discuss the Carrington Link Road
10/03/2021 – Consultation and Question Responses – Trafford Local Plan and Carrington Link Road
24/02/2021 – Important Consultations – Trafford Local Plan and Carrington Link Road
27/01/2021 – Trafford’s upcoming consultations (Carrington Link Road and Trafford Local Plan)
31/12/2020 – Public Meeting Video, New Carrington Survey and Happy New Year wishes
20/12/2020 – Xmas special 200 club draw and our next online public meeting
22/11/2020 – Join our next online public meeting (Public Transport/Climate Emergency), complete our survey
22/10/2020 – GMSF Next Steps, Transport Strategy & 200 Club
27/09/2020 – Government Consultation Responses, Traffic Issues/Transport Strategy
18/09/2020 – Online Meetings – A Balanced, COMMUNITY FOCUSED, Transport Strategy
10/09/2020 – Launch of the FOCM 200 Club & Transport Strategy for the Area
11/08/2020 – Interested in the birds & wildlife on Carrington Moss? Join us at our online AGM on 26th August 09/08/2020 – Friends of Carrington Moss Annual Report 2020
07/08/2020 – Friends of Carrington Moss Annual Report 2020 (Appendices)
24/07/2020 – Join us at our first online AGM, Vacancy for Reserve Member, and much, much more!
26/06/2020 – Virtual Lobby with MPs, All about Trees, Update on the CRR
05/06/2020 – Just click on the link to Object to the Ackers Farm Application
31/05/2020 – How to Object to Planning Applications – a FREE on line session Wednesday 3rd June 6:30pm
24/05/2020 – Importance of Carrington Moss Survey, Objecting to a Planning Application and much, much more!
23/04/2020 – Importance of Carrington Moss Survey and much, much more!
31/03/2020 – Design a Kite Competition & Other Updates
21/02/2020 – Carrington Relief Road, National Lottery Funding & Community Events
28/01/2020 – FOCM Interconnected Traffic-Free Routes Workshop Outputs
24/01/2020 – FOCM Community Events 2020, A new bridleway & More!
15/01/2020 – FOCM Ecology/Biodiversity Workshop Outputs
10/01/2020 – FOCM Ecology/Biodiversity Workshop Thanks and Next Steps
21/12/2019 – Community Events 2020 & More!
17/12/2019 – FOCM Interconnected Traffic-Free Routes Workshop 23rd January 2020
17/12/2019 – FOCM Ecology/Biodiversity Workshop 9th January 2020

Take a look at our previous blogs

Take Action to Protect Carrington Moss 25th Nov 2025
No Planning Permission – No Protection! 14th Nov 2025
New Carrington Developer Contributions Consultation 29th September 2025
What is the point of Local Development Plans 22nd August 2025
Public Money Wasted as Trafford Ignores its own Policies 4th July 2025
Poor Public Transport for the New Carrington Area 3rd April 2025
The Greater Manchester Green Belt Lie 16th March 2025
Call to Action 2 – CRR 26th January 2025
Call to Action 1 – CRR 19th January 2025
What exactly is the Vision for New Carrington 5th January 2025
Risk to your local peatmoss – YOU can help 29th December 2024
Unsustainable New Carrington, Trapped Behind the Wheel 26th November 2024
Trafford has available sites for affordable housing, so why are they not being built 10th November 2024
Concerned about traffic – email your Councillors about the CRR 10th October 2024
Simister Island Road Scheme 15th September 2024
Is the Carrington Relief Road really a relief road? 12th June 2024
FOCM response to the CRR EIASCO 3rd June 2024
What will be the true cost of the Carrington Relief Road 31st March 2024
New Carrington Transport Strategy (and traffic counts) 8th March 2024
Does the New Carrington Transport Strategy address resident priorities? 12th February 2024
Is New Carrington aligned with Trafford’s Corporate Plan Priorities? 23rd January 2024
Carrington Moss once again supports local residents 2nd January 2024
A total lack of understanding 28th September 2023
Trafford’s Executive Committee to consider next P4E Consultation 28th August 2023
Confusing Green Belt Messages from our politicians 6th June 2023
Is New Carrington a suitable site for development? 5th April 2023
New Carrington and the Public Interest Test 12th March 2023
CRR – Trafford continues with their Decide, Announce, Defend approach 17th January 2023
P4E Hearings – Wk 1 – How accurate were Trafford’s responses to the Planning Inspector 6th November 2022
Consultation about the CRR – has it been fully scrutinised 23rd September 2022
Another CRR Report – another list of factual errors and misleading statements! 19th July 2022
Is Green Belt Release in GM Premature – the latest Census Data suggests it is! 15th July 2022
Carrington Moss, Climate Solution or Council Sacrifice 8th April 2022
Greater Mcr is overspending its carbon budget & P4E will make it worse 24th March 2022
A biased and misleading Option Appraisal 4th March 2022
Our struggle to secure robust, genuine consultation 27th February 2022
How many vehicles can we expect on local roads 18th February 2022
The CRR is not the only show in town (oh, yes it is!) 12th February 2022
Is it necessary to build on green belt in Trafford (the short answer is NO!) 27th January 2022
What was promised for Carrington & Partington in previous Local Plans 17th January 2022
Charging, the lazy, unsustainable, ineffective way to reduce air pollution 7th January 2022
Betrayal of the North 23rd November 2021
Will GM’s planned new developments impede their carbon emissions target? 8th Nov 2021
Join our Walk for Wildlife (and Carrington Moss song videos) 1st November 2021
Presenting our petition to Trafford’s Full Council Meeting 14th October 2021
What does Trafford’s latest report on the CRR mean for affected residents 23rd Sept 2021
Is Places for Everyone/GMSF 2021 the right plan for Trafford and GM 26th July 2021
Understanding Sustainability 21st April 2021
When is a Peat Moss NOT a Peat Moss? 23rd Jan 2021
There is a huge problem with suggesting that the New Carrington development will lead to public transport improvements for this area 20th Dec 2020
Why we do not support the GMSF in its current form 20th Nov 2020
Say no! to detrimental Planning reform 29th Sep 2020
Putting Ecology on the Carrington Moss Map 30th Aug 2020
Two ecology specialists will join our online Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 26th August (7pm) 21st Jul 2020
An Interview with Dr Charlotte Starkey, Historian and researcher 14th Jun 2020
Residents and local experts deliver added value in Master Plan workshops 23rd Apr 2020
Inputting to the development of the Master Plan for our area 21st Feb 2020
What is Consultation? 11th Nov 2019
GMSF delay – maybe it means consultation?! 30th Sept 2019
Carrington Moss, a site of biological importance 4^th Aug 2019
Concerned about air quality on and around Carrington Moss? 16 June 2019
For our younger followers – why is Carrington Moss so important? 25^th May 2019
H ow big is 240 hectares – our green belt loss on Carrington Moss ? 21^st April 2019
When is a target not a target? 14th April 2019
Looking under the covers of the GMSF 9th April 2019
Welcome to Friends of Carrington Moss 4th April 2019

Carrington Moss in the media

On 8th May 2024, we featured in another Manchester Evening News article, this time about the legal action being taken to challenge the Places for Everyone Plan

On 6th April 2024, we featured in a Manchester Evening News article about the Carrington Relief Road (and Trafford’s insistence that peat is not an issue)!

On 3rd April 2024, the Manchester Evening News featured an article about the Scrutiny Committee meeting (see our Carrington Link Road page for more information).

On 14th March 2024, our Chair (Marj Powner) was invited to talk to BBC Radio Manchester about the Places for Everyone Plan. You can listen to the interview here.

On 6th February 2024, we were included in a BBC article about the Carrington Relief Road.

On 13th July 2023, the Messenger ran an article about the beekeeping on Carrington Moss.