All green belt articles
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CommentWill Labour’s proposed planning changes help to deliver more homes?
This week has been dominated by housing policy including a new towns task force and proposals to build more homes in more places including the green belt. Thomas Lane assesses what implications the proposals may have for new housing supply
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CommentIs altering the green belt the key to solving the UK’s housing crisis?
News of green belt boundaries being altered can often result in an element of local opposition, but amendments to national planning policy provide opportunities for better engagement
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CommentThe green belt misconceptions perpetuating the housing crisis
The green belt is the most widely recognised part of the English planning system, but also one of the most widely misunderstood.
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NewsHalf a million homes planned on Green Belt, say campaigners
Group says more brownfield land should be used to meet housing targets
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NewsGovernment publishes revised National Planning Policy Framework
Consultation results in new rules to empower councils and hit ambitious housebuilding targets
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CommentRethinking the green belt needn't mean a planning free-for-all
There are plans afoot to reform the planning system, but reforming the green belt won’t necessarily result in the countryside’s disappearance