Take a look at our previous newsletters

• 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

• 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
• How 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 23rd May 2023 The Messenger ran an article about Sir Keir Starmer’s reassurances to residents about his stance on Green Belt.

We responded with a letter in the 2nd June edition. For information, the SGMGB letter can be reviewed here.

The Plan to create the equivalent of two new Boroughs in Greater Manchester – and the battle to stop it (30th October 2022)

Marj Powner talks to Stephen Carlton Woods on what the GMSF means for Carrington Moss

24 March 2019 at 7.00 pm