In East Devon, substitute “Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty” for Green Belt. And we go one better, we build industrial sheds there (Sidbury) and in a flood zone, too!
“Campaign to Protect Rural England accuses councils of altering boundaries and the government of facilitating the process …
… The total number of planned green belt houses is 274,792, based on draft and adopted local plans the CPRE complied , although it says the figure could be much higher as it may not know about all proposed developments, including ones granted contrary to national and local planning policy. In August 2012, the number of planned green belt houses was 81,000. …”
East Devon Watch 