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Current city mayor of Salford Paul Dennett attending and taking part in the bake off event at Salfords Big Day Out Event in 2016
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SALFORD’S socialist mayor has warned billionaire property developers attempting to overturn a court ruling which stops them building unaffordable homes on vital green space that the city “will not be paved over.”
Mayor Paul Dennett has written to Peel Holdings chair John Whittaker after news that the company, which has an estimated £6.6 billion in assets, intends to appeal a High Court judgement blocking them from building 600 dwellings on the Broadoak area.
The November 2018 judgement upheld Salford City Council’s assertions that the area is a “vital green lung” for Salford’s population and must be protected from development.
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