Regional Planning and Development: West Midlands
Communities and Local Government
Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009
Caroline Spelman (Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Communities and Local Government; Meriden, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recommendations the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Planning Inspectors Panel made on reviewing the green belt.
Shahid Malik (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government; Dewsbury, Labour)
The Independent Panel Report identifies a number of districts where green belt adjustments may be required. The references to green belt are numerous and propose detailed changes to the wording of the submitted draft RSS; most of the references can be found in Chapter 8 of the report. The Secretary of State is considering the recommendations in preparing his Proposed Changes to the RSS.