questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's publication entitled National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024, how many sites have been formally identified as grey belt land by local planning authorities since December 2024; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure consistency in how local authorities apply the grey belt definition.
answerText: The government has not changed the five purposes of the Green Belt set out in paragraph 143 of the NPPF, and we do not propose to alter its general extent. In its response to the 30 July 2024 to 24 September 2024 consultation on proposed reforms to the Na...
heading: Planning: Green Belt