3 August 2022
These are critical times for Green Belts across the UK. They are under greater pressure for development than at any time since their creation nearly 70 years ago.
In eight video clips on YouTube, LGBC Chair Richard Knox-Johnston explains why retention of the Metropolitan Green Belt is so vital now.
Richard’s passion for the subject was ignited half a century ago when, as a young Bromley councillor, he represented a ward that was largely Green Belt.
Filmed in a series of lovely Green Belt locations – all close to the suburban heart of Barnet – he identifies the key reasons for its protection:
Richard introduces himself and the Green Belt
Mental health
Stopping urban sprawl
Food security
Leisure and recreation
Biodiversity
Sport
The fallacy that housing in the Green Belt is affordable