Land north of Mansion House Farm, Abbots Langley (Three Rivers) Herts: Now grey belt land. Title sheet photo: Land north of Mansion House Farm, Bedmond Road, Abbots Langley – Local …
NPPF24 Consultation – London Green Belt Council Submission
September 2024 By Richard Knox-Johnston The London Green Belt Council has submitted a detailed response to the government’s 2024 NPPF Consultation It is available here (to view) as a Pdf …
The fight to save the green belt – Times video
September 2024 Supporters of the London Green Belt Council may be interested to watch this Times YouTube video ‘Britain’s housing war: the fight to save the green belt’ which focuses …
Labour plans to build on “grey belt”
19 April 2024 By Richard Knox-Johnston “We cannot build the homes Britain needs without also releasing some land currently classed as green belt” Sir Keir Starmer has announced. “Labour supports …
What price affordable housing in the Green Belt!
14 March 2024 By Chis Berry, Planning Manager, CPRE Hertfordshire The waters of the River Stort are getting a bit muddy in pretty rural East Herts where in 2019 the …
The Solihull Saga
March 2024 By Richard Knox-Johnston Why Solihull? The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull is very similar to many districts in London’s Green Belt. It abuts Birmingham and has a considerable area …
Our recent NPPF seminar
January 2024: On Thursday 4th January 2024 the London Green Belt Council held an online seminar to review & discuss the December 2023 released National Policy Planning Framework (NPPF). The …
LGBC response to NPPF consultation
March 2023 Shortly before Christmas, the Government launched a consultion regarding proposed changes to the National Planning Policy FrameworkNPPF ConsultationThe consultation posed a number of specific questionsThe questionsThe London Green …
Major planning changes announced by Michael Gove
6 December 2022 by Richard Knox-Johnston Major changes to planning controls and policies regarding housing development are to be implemented in the forthcoming Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. This is …
Government reviewing the approach to housing formulas and 5-year housing supply.
1 December 2022 Today, our President, Gareth Bacon MP asked “To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his policy is housing formulas and 5-year …