Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 70539

Green Belt

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Sir Oliver Dowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changing the Planning Practice Guidance assessment criteria of identifying grey belt land from being judged as

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The government has not changed the five purposes of the Green Belt set out in paragraph 143 of the NPPF, and we do not propose to alter its general extent. The contribution Green Belt land makes to the five purposes is only one consideration in local plan...

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