questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the Government intends to monitor and enforce compliance with the golden rules requiring at least 50% affordable housing, infrastructure improvements and accessible green space on major grey belt developments; and what steps are being taken where developers seek to renegotiate these requirements on viability grounds.
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