{"id":47826,"date":"2018-10-10T12:45:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T11:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=47826"},"modified":"2018-11-15T11:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T11:00:12","slug":"green-belt-housing-pressures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/green-belt-housing-pressures\/47826\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pressure on Green Belt &#8211; Issues of housing pressures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Housing pressures are causing a reduction in the UK\u2019s green belt land. Rosie Jones, Assistant Consultant at Argyll Environmental asks what can be done to protect our countryside?<\/h2>\n<p>The recently revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) addresses a new approach to deliver the government\u2019s ambition to build 300,000 homes a year.<\/p>\n<p>While housing applications on green belt land continue to increase, we address the environmental risk and controversy of the increasing pressure to build homes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/oilseed-rape-2135026_1920-e1539172043814.jpg\" alt=\"Housing pressures and the effect on green belt land\" width=\"700\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Negative effects of housing pressures<\/h3>\n<p>Housing pressures in the UK are having many negative effects: congestion and traffic jams, pressure on local services such as schools and doctors, and a reduction in green belt land. As our population is projected to reach over 73 million in 2035, the pressure to provide homes has increased, with green belt housing applications now reaching approximately 460,000.<\/p>\n<p>Green belt land can be defined as areas that are used in land use planning to protect areas of undeveloped, wild or agricultural land that surrounds or neighbours urban areas. The main purpose of green belt land is to control and restrict urban sprawl and maintain land for agriculture, forestry and habitats. There are currently over 1.6 million hectares of green belt land in England, which equates to approximately 13% of total land area in England (Office of National Statistics, 2017).<\/p>\n<h3>Building on green belt land<\/h3>\n<p>The Local Planning Authority Green Belt stated that between 2016-2017, 790 hectares in green belt land was removed as a direct result of increasing developments for residential housing.<\/p>\n<p>Building on green belt land can also result in a loss of habitats and negatively affect ecology and wildlife, with campaigners arguing that the supposed benefits of building on green belt land do not outweigh the negative effects. Green belt land isn\u2019t just to prevent urban sprawl, but also to ensure that our wildlife and natural habitats remain protected.<\/p>\n<p>Building on such land can ruin some of the country\u2019s most pristine habitats and negatively affect our rarest species. For example, rare ground nesting birds like the Nightjar and the Silver-Studded Blue butterfly, whose habitats can be devastated by the noise and pollution from the extra traffic developments generate.<\/p>\n<h3>Green belt Vs Housing crisis<\/h3>\n<p>There is ongoing debate between developers and campaigners that green belt land could be used to build new affordable homes that the UK desperately need. Matthew O\u2019Connell, a housing adviser at the Country Land and Business Association stated, \u201cdespite the acute need for new homes, the green belt was reduced by less than 0.05% between 2016-17 and it still covers a greater area than developed land in England.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Policy regarding green belt land has always stated that the restrictions are in place to prevent development occurring on the land. The head of policy at the Countryside Alliance, Sarah Lee, said that some land should be removed from the green belt and stricter rules should be placed on the remainder.\u00a0 Alternatively, the Green Party\u2019s co-leader Jonathan Bartley stated that the government should be investing in increasing social and affordable housing on the numerous brownfield sites we have available, act on empty homes, and introduce a land value tax to encourage the use of vacant land.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, it is important that policies put in place to protect greenbelt land include all stakeholder\u2019s views. For example, ensuring that local councils have allocated sites for developers that do not encroach onto protected areas of land.<\/p>\n<h3>Brownfield opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>Additionally, councils should encourage new developments to be built on brownfield sites, rather than developing on untouched land. Revising the boundaries of green belt land could also be an option moving forward, with many arguing that it would have very little effects to the overall percentage of protected land we currently have.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph has released an interactive map to show where green belt land is located: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/earth\/greenpolitics\/planning\/9708387\/Interactive-map-Englands-green-belt\">www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/earth\/greenpolitics\/planning\/9708387\/Interactive-map-Englands-green-belt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/stakeholders\/argyll-environmental\/39798\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>For more information on Argyll Environmental, click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing pressures are causing a reduction in the UK\u2019s green belt land. Rosie Jones, Assistant Consultant at Argyll Environmental asks what can be done to protect our countryside? The recently revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) addresses a new approach to deliver the government\u2019s ambition to build 300,000 homes a year. 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