Planning consideration

Greenbelt

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Name
Greenbelt
Description
An area of open land around a city that cannot be built on
Synonyms
  • Green belt
Github discussion
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Legislation
Useful links
Stage
On the platform
Prioritised
False
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Design process stages

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process. At each stage we are trying to learn enough to more on to the next stage.

3 notes

  • Claire Miller (25 February 2025)

    As part of the Winter 2024 planning reforms, multiple changes to green belts were made. These include, the introduction of a new category of green belt, called the grey belt, which essentially includes existing green belt land which has been previously developed, or is green belt land which doesn't contribute strongly to some of the purposes of green belt.

    There are also changes to the circumstances that allow for development on green belt, including when a LPA is unable to meet their housing targets without reviewing green belt boundaries.

    If LPAs do then decide to allow development on land which has been released from the green belt, there are rules which set out that the development must contribute towards affordable housing and infrastructure provision (the golden rules).

  • Claire Miller (26 September 2024)

    As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

  • elliotrowen (06 September 2024)

    The frequency of update was listed as 'ad hoc', as greenbelt data is updated through the Local Plan process.

Last updated: 2025-04-23 10:45:49