The country’s ‘grey belt’ land – low quality areas of the green belt – will be prioritised under the national planning policy. But critics say development on the green belt risks the ...

Interactive map: England's green belt There are over 1.6 million hectares of green belt land in England designed to prevent urban sprawl by keeping areas permanently open and free from ...

Eight areas of land in Spelthorne have been judged to be weakly scoring against green belt criteria ... facilities the borough needs.” Click the map below to explore Spelthorne's eight "weakly ...

As a map of green belt land is to be published today by those seeking to protect it, some believe pressures to build new housing make development inevitable. The Epping Society and the Theydon ...

It's currently really difficult to build on green belt land, as a developer must prove "very special circumstances" to be given planning permission. A map of green belt land in England.

The interactive map below was collated from analysing all of the councils' local plans, which detail the land that could be removed from the green belt if plans to build houses there go ahead.

Today, the government will lay out its controversial plan to tackle the housing crisis by forcing councils to prioritise house-building on "ugly" parts of green-belt land. Deputy prime minister ...

Plans to build homes, offices and industrial buildings on areas of green belt land in Sheffield have been criticised by residents. About 3.6% of the city's green belt land, across 14 different ...

Mr Starmer said in his conference speech this week that Labour would build a generation of “new towns” which would involve construction on some disused land on the green belt - such as car ...

The potential targets for Labour's housebuilding drive have been laid bare in a map today ... is set to rebrand some 'lower quality' Green Belt land as 'grey belt'. Ministers claim they are ...

The country’s ‘grey belt’ land – low quality areas of the green belt – will be prioritised under the national planning policy. But critics say development on the green belt risks the ...