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<p>In revising the National Planning Policy Framework we re-affirmed the protections
for Green Belt. Under the strengthened “exceptional circumstances” test - applied
if a local authority is considering adjustment of a Green Belt boundary – the authority
is expected to show evidenced justification that it has examined all other reasonable
options for meeting its development needs, and that Green Belt release is a last resort.</p><p>The
Framework also expects development plans to set out ways in which the impact of removing
land from Green Belt will be offset by compensatory improvements to access and environmental
quality in the rest of the Green Belt.</p>
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