Green Belt
Commons · Question 87303 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to the Planning Inspectorate on considering potential environmental impacts of decisions to designate land as grey belt.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 10 Nov 2025
The Planning Inspectorate has not been issued with specific guidance to support decisions as to whether any given site is considered grey belt when a decision by a local planning authority has been appealed. Nor has it been issued with specific guidance r...