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Green Belt

Commons · Question 100437 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 5 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Draft National Planning Policy Framework, published on 16 December 2025, whether it is his policy that green belt land between villages should not be consid

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 5 Jan 2026

The government’s proposed changes to Green Belt policy are set out in Chapter 13 of the consultation ‘National Planning Policy Framework: proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system’. The consultation is open for responses until 10 March 202...