A question on #GreenBelt tabled by Kevin Hollinrake on 21-03-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Green Belt
Question ID: 1787141
UIN: 40156
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-21
Asking Member ID: 4474
Asking Member display name: Kevin Hollinrake
Asking Member handle: kevinhollinrake
Asking Member Twitter reference: @kevinhollinrake
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, for what reason she has issued the guidance in paragraph 005 on villages and the Green Belt.
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Date answered: 2025-03-26
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: The definition of grey belt, for the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, is provided in the glossary of the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024. Grey belt is land in the Green Belt that is previously developed...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true