Comments on: Bye Bye Birley Fields

By: Hulme born and bred

Hulme born and bred — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:41:30 +0000

Ammended !

Should read that the NWDA portion £8.5 million has been pulled …..it might be read incorrectly.

By: Hulme born and bred

Hulme born and bred — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:15:06 +0000

http://www.nwda.co.uk/news–events/press-releases/201001/birley-fields.aspx

Quoted
“Now the proposals have been backed with £10 million from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce), and a £8.5 million grant from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA)”

The funding has now been pulled totally, I wonder how this leaves the project.

By: Dave S

Dave S — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:07:08 +0000

What a waste. Just found out about this. This green space has many benifits for both wildlife and those passing by. Central Park would not be handed over to developers why is the self called green city so eager to hand out hulme?

By: RICHARD JONES

RICHARD JONES — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:42:43 +0000

Two of the funding agencies supplying money to the MMU for the development of the Birley field campus,are to be disbanned by the con/lib government.(NWDA & HEFA).

By: MMU’s rise in Green Table proves controversial in Hulme — MULE

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:18:28 +0000

[...] anger from locals that there had been a lack of serious consultation over the plans came the revelation that the [...]

By: Hulme regeneration update — MULE

Hulme regeneration update — MULE — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:32:16 +0000

[...] dominated by students. Manchester Met University (MMU), in conjunction with the City Council, is planning to build its new ‘super campus’ on Birley Fields, a green space just a stone’s throw from the bar. This proposal was also met [...]

By: M

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:41:29 +0000

Moreover all the information is freely available in the public forum.

By: M

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:40:28 +0000

The first piece is NOT a ´partisan opinion´ piece. I and another writer wrote it and we spoke to Gareth Hollyman, press officer from MMU amongst others. If you have any queries over stated statistics or purported facts, email me personally and I can show you their sources.

By: andyl

andyl — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:36:25 +0000

The last paragraph:

“In response MMU said that many meetings have been organised to inform local residents of the plans and told MULE that 72 per cent of residents responded positively to the development during the consultation process. They are now planning are to hold an environmental sustainability workshop involving members of the local community with a specific interest in ‘green’ issues as part of the consultation programme. They say that this will inform the development plan going forward.”

That seems to me like the author spoke to MMU.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:14:06 +0000

Shame to see the bias in articles such as this – did the author actually talk to anyone from MMU? Doesn’t seem like it. Yes the development is questionable but isn’t helped by such partisan opinion pieces.