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Labour sets out plans for building on green belt land

Its new ‘golden rules’ would mean councils will be required to prioritise building on brownfield sites and poor-quality areas in the green belt, dubbed ‘grey belt’ land

Alex Black
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Labour sets out plans for building on green belt land

Labour has set out plans for building houses on green belt land by loosening planning laws to create a new class of ‘grey belt' land for low quality green belt areas. Labour leader Keir Starmer said...

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