Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 122916

Green Belt: Planning Permission

Tabled: 23 March 2026
Answered: 31 March 2026

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal DemocratHarpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to collect data on the number of planning applications or appeals in which Grey Belt policy is cited.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
My Department is currently exploring with local planning authorities ways in which data relating to grey belt land might usefully be collected. However, no decisions have yet been made.