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1138665

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Green Belt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) quantum and (b) proportion of greenbelt land in England has been built on in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	uin	276594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>a) The amounts of Green Belt land within England changing to developed use in each year from 2013-14 to 2017-18 are published in Live Table P381 within the '2017 to 2018 land use based change tables' at<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-land-use-change-statistics" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-land-use-change-statistics</a>. Figures for previous years exist only for 2011 and earlier years and are not on the same basis as those included within Table P381</p><p><br> b) Corresponding figures for the proportion of Green Belt land that has been developed in each year from 2013-14 to 2017-18 can be obtained by expressing the figures within Live Table P381 as a percentage of the total area of Green Belt land for the relevant year as shown in the 'Area since 1997 - England' table within the Accompanying tables at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-green-belt-statistics-for-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-green-belt-statistics-for-england-2017-to-2018</a></p><p><br> The Government remains committed to protecting the Green Belt. Most types of new building are inappropriate there, and should be refused permission unless in very special circumstances. Only in exceptional circumstances may a Green Belt boundary be altered, using the Local Plan process of consultation of consultation, followed by rigorous examination of the revised Plan. By clarifying the exceptional circumstances test and increasing support for higher density and re-use of brownfield land, our revised National Planning Policy Framework gives local authorities more power to protect their Green Belts and manage the allocation of land for development.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/07/2019 13:57:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

420521

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Green Belt
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of green belt policy since 2010 in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL2496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>We have ensured strong protection for Green Belt in national planning policy, making clear that most new building is inappropriate there; and that a Green Belt boundary may be altered only in exceptional circumstances, using the Local Plan process. We abolished regional housing targets that threatened the Green Belt. Green Belt area remains constant at 13 per cent of England, successfully restraining unwanted urban sprawl in many areas. The Green Belt is 34,000 hectares larger than in 1997 if we disregard land reclassified as national park.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/10/2015 15:12:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

447989

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Green Belt
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of how many new homes will be built on green belt land in England during 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL5483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>We do not collate information centrally on the number of sites that are available for residential development. Local planning authorities are required to identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide five years worth of housing against their housing requirements. Whether those sites are in the Green Belt is again a matter for local planning authorities to consider in line with national planning policy, which makes clear that Green Belt boundaries should be altered only in exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/02/2016 16:41:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

802697

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Green Belt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December to Question 117028, what assessment he has made of whether alterations made by local authorities to the shape of their green belts have been consistent with the criteria set out in his answer.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	118246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Under the National Planning Policy Framework, local authorities can alter the shape of their Green Belt only in exceptional circumstances. They do this through their Local Plan. This involves rigorous consultation in public and consideration by a planning inspector at examination, who then makes a formal determination on whether the submitted Plan is sound. It is for each Plan to be found sound if it is properly prepared, justified, effective and consistent with national policy in the Framework.</p><p>In the Housing White Paper, <em>Fixing our broken housing market</em>, we recognised the need for more clarity on the exceptional circumstances in which a Green Belt boundary change can be proposed and consulted on a criteria. We are currently considering the responses and will implement any policy changes in a revision of the National Planning Policy Framework as soon as practicable in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/12/2017 16:52:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

600572

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Green Belt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to set minimum periods for the review of local plans to enable established green belt boundaries to operate without the prospect of change for longer periods.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	48309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>To be effective plans need to be kept up-to-date. We expect authorities to review their Local Plan at regular intervals to assess whether some or all of it may need updating. Our guidance is clear that most Local Plans are likely to require updating in whole or in part at least every five years. However, national policy makes it clear that one of the essential characteristics of Green Belts are their permanence.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/10/2016 14:47:42 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1310959

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Green Belt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to protect the green belt from development.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Daly
	uin	185504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to protecting and enhancing the Green Belt and there are strong protections for Green Belt land provided in the National Planning Policy Framework. A local authority can alter the boundary of Green Belt land only in exceptional circumstances and where it can demonstrate that it has fully examined all other reasonable options for meeting its development need. <br> <br> This means that the authority should show that it has used as much brownfield land as possible, optimised development densities, and discussed with neighbouring authorities whether they could accommodate some of the development needed. The Framework also makes clear that most new building is inappropriate in the Green Belt and should be refused planning permission unless there are very special circumstances. <br> <br> Some examples of these circumstances are listed in the Framework, such as buildings for agriculture, or limited infilling in villages. The protection of Green Belt land will continue under the reforms of the planning system currently under consideration.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 29/04/2021 08:17:33 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4854 label Biography information for James Daly

850122

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Green Belt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government intends to revise its local planning guidance for the Green Belt.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	129690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>This Government has a clear manifesto commitment to maintain strong protections for Green Belt. This will be carried forward in the revision of the National Planning Policy Framework, which was published for consultation on 5 March 2018. We will review the draft Framework in the light of the consultation responses we receive, before issuing the new Framework later in the year. At the same time we will consider what supporting guidance will be necessary.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 06/03/2018 12:48:08 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1057093

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Green Belt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many housing units have been approved on land formerly used as greenbelt in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	218832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is not gathered or held centrally</p><p><br> Statistics on changes in the amount of Green Belt land in England are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-belt-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-belt-statistics</a>. These statistics include information on where Green Belt designation has been changes as part of the planning process and the reason for this change as provided by the local authority.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/02/2019 17:32:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1182449

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Green Belt
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hectares of land that were previously green belt have been removed from the green belt in local plans adopted in England in each year from 2011 to the present; and how many more hectares are proposed to be so removed in local plans yet to be adopted.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL2151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The published annual statistical releases and associated tables at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fgreen-belt-statistics&amp;data=02%7C01%7CAndrew.Presland%40communities.gov.uk%7C0408817c08104d0e420b08d7c115c39d%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637190171520407249&amp;sdata=nB3jZRTrm5%2Bf6oDQoLfxP4o%2BQp9zXIelHgL5wLdtKh8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-belt-statistics</a> provide information on the local authority areas within which land had been transferred from the Green Belt - and the hectares of land involved - for each year from 2010-11 to 2018-19.</p><p>In addition, Table 2 of the 2018-19 release provides figures for the net change in the size of the Green Belt for each year from 2010-11 to 2018-19 separately.</p><p>Information for 2019-20 is due to be published in September or October 2020.</p><p>The local plans process does not provide for the department to routinely receive information on the numbers of hectares of land proposed for removal from the Green Belt. Until a revised development plan is submitted to formal examination, any Green Belt boundary changes would be conjecture.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 10/03/2020 15:54:23 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist attachment 1 file name Green_Belt_Statistics_England_2018-19 (1).pdf title Green Belt Statistics 2018-2019
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

541760

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Green Belt
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 13 July (HL1065), which are the 24 local authorities that have adopted new green belt boundaries and what is their estimate of (1) the subsequent loss of greenbelt land, and (2) how much greenbelt land has been lost in England during the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL1437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2016 answer text <p>The list of 24 local authorities (see below) that have adopted new Green Belt boundaries in the last five years will be placed in the Library of the House. This includes an estimate of the increase or decrease in Green Belt area in each case. Over the last five years the area of Green Belt nationally decreased by 0.2 per cent , and overall the Green Belt is larger than it was in 1997 if we disregard land re-classified as national park.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area of designated Green Belt land 2014/15 (hectares)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change from 2013/14 (hectares)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath and North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>24,690</p></td><td><p>-100 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>7,230</p></td><td><p>-50 (-1%)</p></td><td><p>-50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxtowe</p></td><td><p>5,130</p></td><td><p>-20 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>39,170</p></td><td><p>-60 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christchurch</p></td><td><p>3,270</p></td><td><p>-200 (-6%)</p></td><td><p>-200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dorset</p></td><td><p>16,720</p></td><td><p>-160 (-1%)</p></td><td><p>-160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>8,530</p></td><td><p>-150 (-2%)</p></td><td><p>-150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>3,980</p></td><td><p>-410 (-9%)</p></td><td><p>-410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe</p></td><td><p>16,570</p></td><td><p>-670 (-4%)</p></td><td><p>-670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>11,870</p></td><td><p>-40 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Three Rivers</p></td><td><p>6,720</p></td><td><p>-110 (-2%)</p></td><td><p>-10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area of designated Green Belt land 2013/14 (hectares)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change from 2012/13 (hectares)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochford</p></td><td><p>12,570</p></td><td><p>-190 (-2%)</p></td><td><p>-190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>23,030</p></td><td><p>-210 (-1%)</p></td><td><p>-210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>34,470</p></td><td><p>-150 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area of designated Green Belt land 2012/13 (hectares)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change from 2011/12 (hectares)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>-20 (-6%)</p></td><td><p>-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td><td><p>-430 (-25%)</p></td><td><p>-430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Purbeck</p></td><td><p>8,200</p></td><td><p>+460 (+6%)</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>23,500</p></td><td><p>-400 (-2%)</p></td><td><p>-400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area of designated Green Belt land 2011/12 (hectares)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change from 2010/11 (hectares)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>12,850</p></td><td><p>-35 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyndburn</p></td><td><p>3,990</p></td><td><p>-41 (-1%)</p></td><td><p>-41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>11,920</p></td><td><p>-51 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area of designated Green Belt land 2010/11 (hectares)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change from 2009/10 (hectares)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>3,060</p></td><td><p>-30 (-1%)</p></td><td><p>-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of WH</p></td><td><p>8,310</p></td><td><p>+5 (0%)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>860</p></td><td><p>+30 (+3%)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 02/08/2016 13:18:17 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey