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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.
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] The green belt nearly covers ...
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 green belt around the city of York, in England. There are fourteen green belt areas in the UK covering 16,716 km 2 or 12.4% [9] of England, and 164 km 2 of Scotland; for a detailed discussion of these, see Green belt (UK). Other notable examples are the Ottawa Greenbelt and Golden Horseshoe Greenbelt [10] in Ontario, Canada.
English: Map showing the Metropolitan Green Belt and other green belts of England. Русский: Карта, показывающая Зеленый пояс Лондона среди прочих зеленых поясов Англии.
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Land area taken up by the belt is 247,650 hectares, 1.9% of the total land area of England (2010). [2] The main coverage of the belt is within northern Cheshire and southern Lancashire, with the Merseyside and Greater Manchester urban areas completely surrounded, and a small section extending into Derbyshire.
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