Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 15 October 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many acres of land (a) were awarded green belt status and (b) had green belt status removed in (i) Kent and (ii) England in each of the last 10 years.
Information on how much land was awarded green belt designation or had this designation removed prior to 2007 is not centrally available.
Since 2007, the area of land awarded green belt designation and land having its green belt designation removed in England is (to the nearest 10 hectares):
Awarded | Removed | |
2007 | 1,140 | 90 |
2008-09 | 10 | 180 |
2009-10 | 0 | 80 |
2010-11 | 30 | 30 |
The large area of land awarded green belt status in 2007 is mainly due to Wansbeck, who designated 950 hectares of land as green belt, not previously having any land with green belt status.
No land in Kent has been newly designated as green belt or had its green belt designation removed since 2007.
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.