Member

Regarding Amendment 239, neither our green-belt reforms nor our updated green-belt guidance makes any change to the green-belt purposes, which seek to prevent the merging of towns and safeguard the setting and special character of historic towns. Neither do they remove appropriate and relevant green-belt protections from land around villages. The framework states plainly that green-belt land, including land in or near villages which contributes strongly to the relevant purposes, should not be identified as grey belt.