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Campaign to Protect Rural England Standing up for your countryside

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Green Belts: Breathing places for people and nature

'Darwin's' Green Belt provides an escape for Londoners 'Darwin's' Green Belt provides an escape for Londoners Photo: © Bromley Council

We are campaigning for a strong Government commitment to uphold existing policy and carry out an urgent review of the latest threats to the Green Belt. We are also campaigning for local authorities to use their planning powers to force landowners to clean up land rather than build on it.

We are calling on the Government to change the law so that local authorities can take action against speculators who buy up greenfield land without Government approval.

We have researched the role of Green Belts, and explored how these vast national assets can be better used to:

  • Link towns and cities to the countryside
  • Help with food production
  • Help us tackle the huge challenges of climate change
  • Form part of a nationwide ecological network providing breathing places for people and for nature long into the future.

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