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Designated areas of green belt in England; the Metropolitan Green Belt outlined in red. In British town planning, the green belt is a policy for controlling urban growth.The term, coined by Octavia Hill in 1875, [1] [2] refers to a ring of countryside where urbanisation will be resisted for the foreseeable future, maintaining an area where local food growing, forestry and outdoor leisure can ...
The Metropolitan Green Belt (outlined in red) among other green belts of England. The Metropolitan Green Belt is a statutory green belt around London, England.It comprises parts of Greater London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey, parts of two of the three districts of Bedfordshire and a small area in Copthorne, Sussex.
Land area taken up by the green belt is 231,291 hectares (571,530 acres), 1.7% of the total land area of England (2019). [2] [3] Tracts of green belt lie within the West Midlands county itself, much of it by the Meriden Gap in Solihull borough; however, the vast coverage of the green belt completely envelops the county.
The North West Green Belt is a green belt environmental and planning policy that regulates the rural space throughout mainly the North West region of England. It is contained within the counties of Cheshire , Derbyshire , Greater Manchester , Lancashire , and Merseyside .
Formally created in 1980 after being an interim policy since the 1950s, the local development plan defines the green belt outer edge as being 'about 6 miles from York'. [2] Land area taken up by the green belt is 25,553 hectares (255.53 km 2; 98.66 sq mi) hectares (0.2% of the total land area of England (2010). [3]
English: Map showing the Metropolitan Green Belt and other green belts of England. Русский: Карта, показывающая Зеленый пояс Лондона среди прочих зеленых поясов Англии.
Research suggests that grey-belt land could amount to between 1% and 3% of the existing green belt, providing enough sites for between 200,000 and 300,000 homes.
Land area total of the green belt is 248,241 hectares (2,482.41 km 2; 958.46 sq mi) (1.9% of the total land area of England (2010). [11] Its coverage is within the South and West Yorkshire counties, with extensions towards Harrogate and Knaresborough in North Yorkshire and Chesterfield in Derbyshire.