Green Belt: Greater Manchester

(asked on 23rd October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of land in (a) Bolton, (b) Wigan and (c) Greater Manchester has been designated green belt land.


Answered by
Alok Sharma Portrait
Alok Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 1st November 2017

As of 31 March 2017, the following percentages of land were designated as Green Belt in Bolton, Wigan and Greater Manchester:

Bolton

52

Wigan

57

Greater Manchester

47

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