Natural England is advising the government that the green belt is outmoded and past its sell by date. See this link
We all know what this means - open season for development. Blacka Blogger has had reason to doubt the judgement of Natural England - English Nature as was. The character who leads them was interviewed unconvincingly on the Today programme on Radio 4 this morning. His headquarters is in Sheffield.
Once people start questioning established things like this the powerful lobbies move in sensing a weakness. Of course this fellow really wants lots of new projects for the conservation industry - jobs for the biodiversity wallahs, and probably would not be happy for the green belt to be concreted over. But it's playing with fire to suggest that we can do without such an important concept that took decades to get established.
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