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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...