Disappointing News
Picture House: Disappointing News, But Resolve To Work Together The news has just come out that the Co-op has sold the Funeral Care/ Picture House site to Southway Housing Trust. The Co-op has decided to reject our long-standing offer which would have seen the community retain the main building. The story is set out in […]
Picture House Imminent Update?
A lot of people have been asking us for news on the Picture House project. We just wanted to say to everyone that we are still working on it and there are some recent developments that we are currently exploring. When we have got a clearer picture of where things stand and the way ahead, […]
AGM report – October 2021
Chorlton CLT’s 2021 AGM was held on Tuesday 19th October at 7.30pm. The meeting was held virtually, and broadcast via Zoom. Thirty eight members attended, representing 11% of the total membership of 342. Following a welcome from the Chair, Simon Hooton, and introductions, the minutes of the 2020 AGM were approved unanimously. This year’s guest […]
Neighbourhood Master Planning
Chorlton CLT has the opportunity to embark on a project to set priorities for the regeneration of the commercial areas, principally along Wilbraham and Barlow Moor Roads. We have some funding from the Council’s Neighbourhood Investment Fund to kick start a process in partnership with other groups and councillors. There has been a lot of […]
An update on Ryebank Fields
In our last communication on Ryebank Fields we said that we would give members a more detailed update once the current stage of MMU’s developer selection process had been completed. This stage of the process is taking longer than originally expected and is still ongoing. In the meantime, we can report that a group of board members […]
The Picture House project is still alive!
We have now submitted a formal offer to the Co-op alongside our development partner Brook Finch and are awaiting a response. It is taking time, but there are ongoing discussions and things are moving forward.
Chorlton CLT’s Approach to Declarations/Conflicts of Interest
At the Members Meeting on 26 May 2021 a number of members raised their concerns about outside interests of members that could potentially conflict with those of the CLT. The CLT Board takes the matter of Board member’s interests seriously and has the following measures in place to ensure that the highest standards of probity […]
CCLT Engagement With MMU
CCLT’s Recent Engagement With MMU and Our Commitment To Community Involvement in the Ryebank Fields process Chorlton Community Land Trust’s position re Ryebank Field has always been that should development go ahead, the CLT wishes to engage proactively with MMU and their selected development partner to ensure an exemplar development, with the best possible features reflecting the aspirations of local residents. This should […]
Members Q&A Meeting 26 May 2021
On the 26th May 2021, Chorlton Community Land Trust hosted an online Q&A session which was attended by 33 members. We provided an initial summary of recent developments internally in the CLT and an update on the Picture House and the Ryebank Fields process. It was a lively session and we covered a lot of […]
Working group reports on Ryebank Fields
As promised in a previous post, we are pleased to share two documents intended largely to influence developers’ plans. They are: an updated Expectations and Aspirations document which replaces the one published last Autumn; and a new Environmental Protection and Enhancement report by a CLT working group which goes in to this area in more […]