Greenbelt to go
Greenbelt to go
- 1998
- Times 20 January 1998, 4 Financial Times 20 January 1998, 20; 21 January 1998, 9 Sunday Times 18 January 1998, 1.5(4) .
Up to 1,000 square miles of countryside is to be bulldozed to make way for the planned 4.4m new homes. Several local authorities are putting forward proposals to sacrifice green belt land, with a Tyneside site already approved for 2,500 homes. This decision has been attacked by environmentalists and ministers. Includes map showing how the new homes will be spread amongst English shires.
COUNTRYSIDE
FUTURE HOMES
GREEN BELT LAND
NEW HOMES
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Up to 1,000 square miles of countryside is to be bulldozed to make way for the planned 4.4m new homes. Several local authorities are putting forward proposals to sacrifice green belt land, with a Tyneside site already approved for 2,500 homes. This decision has been attacked by environmentalists and ministers. Includes map showing how the new homes will be spread amongst English shires.
COUNTRYSIDE
FUTURE HOMES
GREEN BELT LAND
NEW HOMES
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE