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The Metropolitan Green Belt (outlined in red) among other green belts of England. The Metropolitan Green Belt is a statutory green belt around London, England.It comprises parts of Greater London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey, parts of two of the three districts of Bedfordshire and a small area in Copthorne, Sussex.
Designated areas of green belt in England; the Metropolitan Green Belt outlined in red. In British town planning, the green belt is a policy for controlling urban growth.The term, coined by Octavia Hill in 1875, [1] [2] refers to a ring of countryside where urbanisation will be resisted for the foreseeable future, maintaining an area where local food growing, forestry and outdoor leisure can ...
English: Map showing the Metropolitan Green Belt and other green belts of England. Русский: Карта, показывающая Зеленый пояс Лондона среди прочих зеленых поясов Англии.
Greater London includes the most closely associated parts of the Greater London Urban Area and their historic buffers and includes, in five boroughs, significant parts of the Metropolitan Green Belt which protects designated greenfield land in a similar way to the city's parks.
The London travel to work area in 2001 (dark blue), with the administrative boundary of Greater London shown. The London travel to work area, defined by the Office for National Statistics as the area for which "of the resident economically active population, at least 75% actually work in the area, and also, that of everyone working in the area, at least 75% actually live in the area."
Research suggests that grey-belt land could amount to between 1% and 3% of the existing green belt, providing enough sites for between 200,000 and 300,000 homes.
1938: Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act limited development in parts of Middlesex, Kent, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Essex, Berkshire, and Hertfordshire. 1948: The Home Counties Brigade was formed to administer the infantry regiments of the City and County of London, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex.
Britain’s largest conservation charity warns the government’s push to overhaul planning laws and accelerate home building risks undermining the country’s green belt areas. The National Trust ...