green belt

noun

1. a zone of farmland, parks, and open country surrounding a town or city: usually officially designated as such and preserved from urban development

Example Sentences

The OBR did not endorse the 1.5 million target - but it did say that changes such as mandatory local housing targets and building on green belt land could result in could result in 1.3 million homes across the entire UK over the next five years.

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Reforms to the rules governing protected green belt land, which makes up 12.5% of land in England, have also been suggested by the government.

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The first green belt was created in the 1930s, to try to stop cities from sprawling into the countryside.

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But many sections of green belt today contain intensive farming units, industrial buildings, quarries and golf courses.

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The aim is to make it easier to get planning permission for green belt land that is considered low quality or has already been built on.

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