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Zöe Franklin MP: speeches

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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  • 7 Sept 2026 · Planning: Green Spaces · Hansard source
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    I welcome the right hon. Lady to her place alongside her team. Guildford borough council’s latest green-belt assessment found that 92% of its green belt now meets the Government’s grey belt definition, and its assessed housing need has been doubled by the Government from 562 to 1,168 homes a year. That has left many of my residents worried about the loss of green spaces, about unsustainable development without appropriate infrastructure and about the loss of the distinctive historic character of their villages. What assessment has the Secretary of State made of the potential impact of planning policy on green-belt land in my constituency, which falls within the Guildford borough area? Can she outline what steps her Government will take to protect green spaces for communities by ensuring that developers are directed towards genuine brownfield sites first, rather than development being concentrated on land around Guildford that was previously protected by the green belt?

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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 9Communities and local government9Culture, media and sport: 1Culture, media and sport1Democracy and constitution: 7Democracy and constitution7Economy and business: 2Economy and business2Education and skills: 1Education and skills1Environment and energy: 1Environment and energy1Housing and planning: 1Housing and planning1Justice and policing: 3Justice and policing3Social security and pensions: 2Social security and pensions2Transport: 1Transport1
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Communities and local government9
Culture, media and sport1
Democracy and constitution7
Economy and business2
Education and skills1
Environment and energy1
Housing and planning1
Justice and policing3
Social security and pensions2
Transport1

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