Green Belt
(asked on 26th May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to review his policy on the green belt to take account of changes in the levels of migration.
This question was answered on 6th June 2016
Local planning authorities are best placed to decide whether changes to estimated population and housing need levels in their area would meet the very special circumstances for permitting inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and the exceptional circumstances in which Green Belt boundaries may be adjusted through the Local Plan process.