All green belt articles
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Is 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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The 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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Half 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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Government publishes revised National Planning Policy Framework
Consultation results in new rules to empower councils and hit ambitious housebuilding targets
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Rethinking 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