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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 last version was introduced in March 2001 (original) and replaced Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) Note 2 Green belts published in January 1995. [ 1 ] States the general intentions of Green Belt policy, including its contribution to sustainable development objectives
The Lyons Housing Review was a UK public policy review on Housing initiated by the Labour Party Leader (and then Leader of Opposition) Ed Miliband. Ed Miliband announced the creation of the Housing Commission at Labour Party Conference 2013 and appointed Sir Michael Lyons to lead.
The Town and Country Planning Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6.c. 51) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom passed by the Labour government led by Clement Attlee.It came into effect on 1 July 1948, [1] and along with the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6.
Labour leader says his party will build 1.5 million homes in five years and vowes to crack down on nimby MPs who try to block developments in their constituencies
The Nottingham and Derby Green Belt is a green belt environmental and planning policy for the cities of Derby and Nottingham in the East Midlands region of England. It includes designated parts of several districts in the surrounding counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire .
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is a land-use planning policy in England. It was originally published by the UK's Department of Communities and Local Government in March 2012, consolidating over two dozen previously issued documents called Planning Policy Statements (PPS) and Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPG) for use in England ...
(Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party will back out of its 28 billion pound ($35.34 billion) policy pledge that sought to invest in green energy, BBC reported on Wednesday citing sources.