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Green belt
Publication Year
2023
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Comprises planning practice guidance focusing on the role of the green belt in the planning system. Covers: the factors that can be taken into account when considering the potential impact of development on the openness of the green belt; how plans might set out ways in which the impact of removing land from the green belt can be offset by compensatory improvements; how strategic policy making authority can ensure that compensatory improvements to the environmental quality and accessibility of the green belt will be secured; and when development can take place on brownfield land in the green belt.
Document History
Last updated: 19 December 2023 - Added paragraph 004. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/green-belt and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 22 July 2019.
Publisher Information
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Now known as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) was a UK Government department with responsibility for communities throughout the UK, with local investment supporting growth, creating jobs, delivering housing, overseeing local government, planning and building safety. They were previously known as the MHCLG, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
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