Green Belt
Commons · Question 26013 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria local authorities are expected to apply when identifying land categorised as grey belt.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 31 Jan 2025
The definition of grey belt, for the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, is provided in the glossary of the revised National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024.The Framework also makes clear that before concluding that excep...