Salford Council Could Benefit From New Home Building Initiative

The UK government today announced a new initiative to provide incentives to local councils to build more residential homes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10910048

There are 4.5 million people on council waiting lists for homes.  This is a figure which dwarfs the actual 120,000 new homes built last year.  The Mitchell and Shackleton site in the centre of this incineration nightmare is currently designated by Salford City Council as a “swing” site. This means it has been listed as a site which could potentially be re-zoned to allow a mixture of both residential and light commercial uses.  What better time for the Council to make their decision on rezoning than now, where serious economic benefits could be gained by doing so.

The question is, will Mr. Hirsch, owner of Sky Properties, acknowledge that rezoning could be a possibilty to discuss with the Council? Or will he continue with selective blindness to these facts, while pushing on with attempts  to steamroll through his waste incinerator? I know which one my money is on.