AT the time of the referendum, we were urged by the Brexiteers to “take back control”.

The hollowness of this pledge is being revealed now in the proposed greenfield development.

After the token consultation, no doubt the usual vested interests will get their way — property/land speculators, estate agents, solicitors, etc.

Cllr Rishi Shori seems to be getting some stick, but what about our real political masters, the Conservatives, represented by our local MP, Mr Nuttall?

I perhaps have missed it somewhere, but what are his views on the erosion of our greenbelt, prompted by his central government?

There are plenty of brownfield sites around Greater Manchester, it is just that they cost more to develop and that means less profit for those interests.

Malcolm Curtis Tottington