UK Land Investment
St Albans planning not yet decided 
As well as singling out eight Green Belt sites in the district where 400 or more new homes could be accommodated, the St Albans planning document also seeks views on locations for a possible park-and-ride scheme, suitable sites for food stores and new mixed-use development opportunities.
13th September 2007
Concern over Green Belt homes plan
A council chief has revealed his concern over thousands of homes being built on green belt land in south Oxfordshire, under the South East Plan.
3rd September 2007
Green belt land may be built on
A panel of inspectors commissioned by the Government to assess land in the South East has announced that Green Belt land may have to be built on in order to build more homes for England's rapidly increasing population.
30th August 2007
UK Housing to affect Green Belt
About two million homes will have to be built on greenfield sites to meet the prime minister's plans to tackle the housing shortage, a think tank warns.
15th August 2007
Living Loners will increase UK housing demand
Demand for new housing is reported to rise over the next twenty years, primarily due to the increasing number of people living alone.
20th December 2006
Fight Against Homes on Green Belt Land in Dacorum
Campaigners have urged the government to think before agreeing to plans that would see the development of thousands of homes on green belt land in Dacorum.
13th December 2006
Planning Law UK Shake Up
The green belt came under attack once again this week in a major government report by Kate Barker on UK planning law regulations.
11th December 2006
SEERA demand more homes
The South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) last week launched plans to expand several Buckinghamshire districts.
1st December 2006
Building on Green Belt
Plans for a house-building boom which could mean building up to 43,000 homes on Green Belt in the South Bedfordshire and Luton area by 2031 have sparked a vital conference.
10th November 2006
Green Belt Land auction in Scotland
A swathe of greenbelt land in Scotland south of Glasgow is to be sold off by one of the largest councils in the country.
11th October 2006
Green Belt housing in the Welwyn Hatfield district
Almost a hundred local residents attended a public meeting organised by the North Mymms District Green Belt Society to draw attention to proposals to build 10,000 new homes in Welwyn Hatfield.
3rd October 2006
Green Belt plans for new housing near Potters Bar
Plans to develop 165 acres of land for sale near Potters Bar have been unveiled by Robert Byng, owner of the Wrotham Park estate.
17th August 2006
Farmland demand sends prices rocketing
Town dwellers switching the city for the country are fuelling a property boom in farmland prices across Coventry and Warwickshire.
10th August 2006
Village fears over housing
Villagers vowed to resist potential development which includes a 42-acre plot – the size of 61 football pitches – on green field land on Green Belt Land at Daw Cross and another in the Green Belt on Pannal Golf Course,
14th July 2006
Sopwell House granted Green Belt planning permission
Sopwell House, a prestigious St Albans Hotel has received planning permission to put up a portable building on Green Belt land.
12th July 2006
Green Belt land in Oxford under threat
The failure to build homes on Green Belt land in Oxford has been singled out in a high-level Government report as the reason for high house prices and a lack of space in the city.
8th July 2006
Green Belt housing plan
Green Belt land in Hertfordshire is under threat from residential development, after a Government report revealed thousands more new homes must be built in the area by 2021.
30th June 2006
Tory MP takes 'garden grabbing' debate to Commons
Government claims that councils have the power to turn down "garden grabbing" bids by developers will be challenged tomorrow by a Conservative MP.
22nd June 2006
Oxford land expansion
Fourteen thousand new homes could be built on green belt land on the edge of Oxford after the city and Didcot put themselves forward for a share of a special Government housing fund.
21st June 2006
Greenbelt development boost
Greenbelt development could be given a massive boost by revolutionary plans to earmark thousands of homes for self-commissioning, where homeowners get to choose their own architects and designs.
10th June 2006
School gets green belt go-ahead
Special permission was given for a multi-million pound school block to be built on Green Belt land.
7th June 2006
Football team seek green belt stadium
Special permission was given for a multi-million pound school block to be built on Green Belt land.
1st June 2006
Green belt land "can be built on"
The future of 55 acres of green belt land in Bath has been decided...
17th May 2006
Just how much land is owned by the Church of England?
The Church Commissioners' 56-page report on the financial state of the Church of England was released yesterday..
28th April 2006
Garden development the next big thing?
John Prescott has come under fire for plans to concrete over back gardens bigger than 30 metres to build more homes in Poole.
25th April 2006
Woodand and homes green belt call
Woodland, agricultural and green belt land should be reforested or turned into housing, a new report suggests.
17th April 2006
Build a million green belt homes, says Think Tank
Farm and green belt land should be used to create a million new homes and a hundred thousand hectares of fresh woodland, according to a report that today proposes a radical shake-up in land use.
17th April 2006
Greenbelt land use in Gloucester
More than 6,000 new homes are likely to be built on greenbelt land between Gloucester and Cheltenham over the next 20 years.
11th March 2006
Green Belt land in St Albans could be built on
More plans to build on Green Belt land could mean more than 25,000 new homes around St Albans.
20th February 2006
Plot of land goes gold!
Mark Guard has sold a plot of land for £3.5million - after paying a measly £1,000 for it.
18th February 2006
Hitchin's green belt development
Hitchin Councillors learned earlier this week that the Government has been asked to allow at least 8,000 new homes to be built to the south and west of the town.
21st January 2006
Brighton's green belt stadium
Brighton and Hove Albion's plan to build a new stadium on green belt land may cause the football club to spend up to £90,000 defending their proposal.
20th January 2006
Brownfield land sells for £4m
A brownfield site near Leeds has recently been sold to the tune of four million pounds.
19th January 2006
Surrey's green belt battle
Our site in Ewell, near Epsom, Surrey, is reported to have a better chance of being built on if Priest Hill, the site opposite, is given planning permission.
10th January 2006
Building on Green Belt rises by 60%
Labour has presided over a 60 per cent increase in house building on Green Belt land, new figures showed yesterday.
28th December 2005
Scottish land for sale rises
The amount of land for sale in Scotland rose finally this year after several years of relative drought.
5th December 2005
Is the green belt loosening?
The head of one of Scotland's leading house-builders has called for a redrawing of Edinburgh's green belt to accommodate "sensible" development.
29th November 2005
Green Belt protection
Green Belt campaigners are worried about plans to build nearly 29,000 houses per year in the south-east of England.
4th August 2005
Campaign to Protect Rural England make Green Belt loosening claim
The Tories are accusing ministers of turning the green belt into an "elastic band" as a study suggests 84% of people oppose building on undeveloped land.
3rd August 2005
Greenfield sites earmarked for housing
More Greenfield sites look set be earmarked for housing under controversial plans to be outlined by the deputy prime minister, John Prescott.
15th July 2005
2,400 acres of Green Belt lost each year
An average of 2,400 acres of undeveloped Green Belt is being built on each year, the Government has admitted in a parliamentary written answer.
11th June 2005
Concrete threat to land in Home Counties
Across the Midlands and the South of England, people were worried about the crowding of new houses on their remaining green spaces.
6th June 2005
'Increasing threat' to Green Belt
Green belt land protecting countryside from urban sprawl is increasingly being threatened by government initiatives, rural campaigners have said.
24th May 2005
Green Belt 'at risk' from homes
New homes could be built on green belt land in Gloucester because of government intervention, the county council says.
6th April 2005
Farmers keen to buy land
Farmers were more active in the land market during 2004, according to new figures from Savills.
4th February 2005
Land tax is 'back on Government agenda'
Accountants fear the Government is considering reintroducing some form of land value tax to raise revenue and encourage housebuilding after the general election.
4th February 2005
Is the Green Belt getting Looser?
It was a simple enough complaint made at a public meeting about possible house building on the green belt: "We moved to a village to get away from the city, we don't want the city to move towards us...."
12th September 2004
