Labour unveils plan to build on ‘grey belt’ land

By Olivia Barber2024-04-19T11:55:00

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The policy has the potential to unlock land to build hundreds of thousands of new homes, party says

Labour has set out five golden rules to free up poor-quality parts of the green belt in a bid to boost housebuilding and increase affordable housing supply.

It will retain its brownfield first policy, while creating a new class of ‘grey belt’ land to ensure “poor quality and ugly areas” of the green belt can be built on.

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