HC Deb 09 April 1968 vol 762 cc218-9W
Mr. Rossi

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will set out in tabular form all the green belts which have been designated in England and Wales, giving the acreage and the

APPROVED GREEN BELTS
Green Belt Area in Sq. Miles Date of Approval
Bristol-Bath 247 18.2.65 and 6.7.66
Cambridge (part) 7 31.3.65
Cheltenham-Gloucester 21 9.2.65
London Metropolitan 846 Various dates before 1959
Merseyside-Manchester 4 24.11.61 and 23.2.65
North Tyneside 138 28.8.63
Sunderland (part) 13 28.7.65
West Riding (part) 615 27.9.66 and 1.10.67
Total 1,891

GREEN BELTS SUBMITTED AND SKETCH PLANS APPROVED
Area in Square Miles
Green Belt
Accepted Sketch Plan Submitted in Development Plan Total
Birmingham-Coventry 10 780 790
Cambridge (part) 48 48
Durham City and Easington 12 12
Hampshire South Coast 380 380
London Metropolitan (extensions) 123 1,074 1,197
Merseyside-Manchester (part) 12 364 376
Nottingham-Derby 250 250
Oxford 134 134
Sheffield-Chesterfield 43 43
South Tyneside 14 14
Sunderland (part) 7 7
Stoke-on-Trent 140 20 160
West Riding (part) 47 154 201
Wirral-Chester 6 104 110
York 53 43 96
Total 641 3,177 3,818