Greenbelt reduces by 6%

13 October 2020

Local Plan impacts Greenbelt.

The recent publication from the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) of Greenbelt Statistics confirms that Guildford has seen a 6% reduction in Greenbelt land.  This is due to policies adopted in the new 2019 local plan.

Currently the villages that were inset (plain english – removed) from the Greenbelt in the local plan are seeing a number of developments being bought forward.  The Society is concerned that several of these are proposing out of scale developments with little regard to infrastructure requirements.  

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