Applications ’well worth revisiting’ says Searchland boss
A total of 27,000 homes have been refused planning permission since 2010 due to being located on green belt land that may now be considered grey belt, according to research by a data company.
Searchland said there have been 3,425 planning applications rejected since 2010 due to being located on green belt land – which may now be considered grey belt, and therefore more easily built on, under revised definitions in the government’s National Planning Policy Framework.
Under the new NPPF grey belt land is green belt land which does not strongly contribute to preventing sprawl, prevent neighbouring towns from merging, or encourage the recycling of derelict and other land.
Searchland co-founder Hugh Gibbs said: “With the creation of the grey belt, the likelihood is that these applications are well worth revisiting.”
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In December, Matthehw Pennycook suggested the amount of green belt land likely to be released as a result of the government’s grey belt policy is likely to be lower than speculation has suggested
Appearing in front of the House of Lords built environment committee, the housing minister aid he could not say exactly how much land would be released and refused to put a target on the level of delivery expected from the grey belt, although he said it would likely be less than 10% of overall green belt.
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