National statistics

Local authority green belt statistics for England: 2011 to 2012

Statistics on designated green belt land.

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and The Rt Hon Don Foster
Published
30 November 2012

Applies to England

Documents

Local authority green belt statistics for England: 2011 to 2012

Ref: ISBN 9781409837329

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Annex 1: area of designated green belt land by local planning authority as at 31 March 2012

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Annex 2: reasons for revisions to green belt estimates in 2010 to 2011

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Annex 3: Ttend in the area of green belt land since 1997

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Details

The latest national statistics on the extent of the green belt in England were released under the auspices of the UK Statistics Authority on 30 November 2012.

The main points of the data are:

  • the extent of the designated green belt land in England in 2011 to 2012 was estimated at 1,639,410 hectares, about 13% of the land area of England
  • overall there has been a decrease of 130 hectares from the revised 2010 to 2011 green belt, due to 3 authorities who have adopted new plans in which they have changed the boundaries of the green belt; this represents a decrease of less than 0.01% in the total green belt area
  • since these statistics were first compiled for 1997, there has been an increase in the area of green belt after taking account of the redesignation of some green belt as part of the New Forest National Park in 2005
Published 30 November 2012

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