All green belt articles
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NewsRetirement Villages Group gets green light for 144-home Epping Forest scheme
Epping Forest District Council has granted the AXA-owned developer permission to deliver an over-65s development in Chigwell
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NewsOldham councillors vote to pull out of joint Greater Manchester plan over green belt and affordability concerns
Officers warn of financial and reputational consequences if council taken to judicial review over request to Angela Rayner to pull out of adopted joint development plan
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In FocusGrey belt, green belt and the curious case of Labour’s benchmark land value
The new government’s plans to allow more development on parts of the green belt have been hailed as a potential game-changer for housing supply. However, there are growing fears that the ‘golden rules’ governing the release of sites may simply make sites unviable
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NewsMore than 1,100 objections lodged against 800-home development on green belt land
Plans for a green belt development have received strong opposition due to residents’ concerns it would remove “productive farmland”
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News‘Modest releases’ of green belt land would help deliver 300,000 homes, report finds
Report by Carter Jonas looks at how much green belt land would need to be released to increase housing stock by 6%
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CommentWill proposed planning changes help Labour to deliver more homes?
Last week was 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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NewsNext London mayor should review fast-track planning route for affordable housing, says HBF
The trade association says the mechanism is ‘more hindrance than help’, as voters head to the polls.
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NewsLabour to unveil golden rules for building on ‘grey belt’
The policy has the potential to unlock land to build hundreds of thousands of new homes, says Knight Frank
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CommentWhy green belt development is sometimes the best
Building on the green belt is politically unpopular, but it can bring benefits that brownfield development cannot, argues Craig Pettit
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CommentThe revised planning framework is not as bad as feared - but don’t thank Gove
The new national planning policy document will still lead to fewer homes being built, even if some of the most egregious proposals around density and green belt have been watered down, says Joey Gardiner
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NewsStory Homes submits plans for 187-home scheme near Warrington
Carlisle-based developer has put forward plans for 187-home scheme at site currently designated as green belt
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NewsTwo-thirds of young people in London ‘support building on the green belt’
Almost all (96%) Londoners surveyed believe housing is a crucial issue at the next election
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NewsBarratt wins 300-home appeal on disputed green belt site
Michael Gove says York site is not green belt despite being earmarked in emerging local plan
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NewsMPs call for ‘grown-up conversation’ about the green belt
Cross-party report calls for review of green belt land and warns that brownfield is not a panacea
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CommentWe must apply common sense to the great British green belt
Misunderstandings about the green belt are leading to a stifling of productivity and economic growth, argues Paul Smith
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NewsCombined authorities to oversee Labour green belt release, says Nandy
Shadow housing secretary says development corporations would get a role in building homes on former green belt land
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NewsStarmer says Green Belt rules to form part of reform plans
Labour leader says party would reimpose housing targets and ’back builders’ if elected
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NewsSenior Conservatives turn on leadership over housing after election drubbing
Simon Clarke says Tories ’can’t out Nimby’ the Lib Dems amid warnings of political apocalypse without more homes
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NewsMinister denies planning reforms will stymie homes growth
Rachael Maclean promises ‘detailed rebuttal’ of Lichfields analysis predicting 77,000-home drop in housing output
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In FocusHow to get the green light for brownfield
With planning changes on the way, the government is making a renewed push to stimulate development on brownfield sites over greenfield land. But imposing such a shift is not that easy, as Emily Twinch reports