No
Draft Local Plan Review
Representation ID: 35
Received: 15/12/2016
Respondent: Mr Steven Webb
The 2012 National Planning Policy Framework states that the Green Belt has five functions: 'to check the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas; to prevent neighbouring towns from merging into one another; to assist in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment; to preserve the setting and special character or historic town; and to assist in urban regeneration, by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land'. In short, it helps to keep the spatial and material character of England's cities static.
I fail to understand how the planned housing developments meet these requirements as they are mostly green belt.
The 2012 National Planning Policy Framework states that the Green Belt has five functions: 'to check the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas; to prevent neighbouring towns from merging into one another; to assist in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment; to preserve the setting and special character or historic town; and to assist in urban regeneration, by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land'. In short, it helps to keep the spatial and material character of England's cities static.
I fail to understand how the planned housing developments meet these requirements as they are mostly green belt.