Question follow-through · 8486
Planning: Green Belt
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's publication entitled National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024, how many sites have been formally identified as grey belt
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's publication entitled National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024, how many sites have been formally identified as grey belt
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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22 Jun 2026
Answer published
The government has not changed the five purposes of the Green Belt set out in paragraph 143 of the NPPF, and we do not propose to alter its general extent. In its response to the 30 July 2024 to 24 September 2024 consultation on proposed reforms to the Na...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Planning Permission
15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings Ministers in her Department have held with property developers, housebuilders, and their representative organisations to discuss the National Planning Policy Fr