HC Deb 17 May 1995 vol 260 c253W
Sir Irvine Patnick

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on green belt expansion, with special reference to Sheffield. [24361]

Sir Paul Beresford

National planning policy for green belts is set out in "Planning Policy Guidance Note 2". This states that existing green belt boundaries should be altered only in exceptional circumstances. The Sheffield unitary development fund, which is currently being considered at a local public inquiry, proposes a net addition to the green belt of 53 hectares—0.6 per cent. of the total area. It is for the inspector conducting the UDP inquiry to consider the appropriateness of the proposed changes to the green belt and make his recommendations to the city council, who will then be responsible for deciding whether to accept them and reflect them in the final version of the UDP.

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