Rayner: Councils must yield green belt to build housing
The Independent|December 12, 2024
Angela Rayner has announced that councils will be forced to surrender large parts of the green belt to achieve immediate new housing targets.
- KATE DEVLIN
Rayner: Councils must yield green belt to build housing

The move comes as ministers scramble to deliver their pledge to build 1.5 million new homes over five years.

Under the plans, local authorities will have to review the green belt’s boundaries. And they will have to use “grey belt” land, Sir Keir Starmer’s term for low-quality areas of the green belt, to meet ambitious mandatory targets to build 370,000 new homes a year.

Yesterday it was reported that the controversial plans would give priority for housebuilding to an area of the green belt larger than Surrey.

In a bid to head off criticism, Ms Rayner, the deputy prime minister, said she would not shy away from “bold and decisive action” to fix the housing crisis.

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