Cabinet Office: Green Belt Questions and Answers 2004
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much land changing to residential use was within 1997-designated Green Belt in each year since 1997, broken down by region. [169495]
30 Apr 2004 : Column 1329W
Keith Hill: The available estimates are from Land Use Change Statistics for 1997, 1998 and 2000, are in the following table. Much of the development was on land that was already developed and the second part of the table shows the amounts of greenfield land used for residential development.
30 Apr 2004 : Column 1330W
Land changing to residential use within 1997 designated Green Belt |
1997 |
1998 |
2000 |
| Region | Hectares |
||
| All on Greenbelt land | |||
| North East | 5 |
10 |
0 |
| North West | 75 |
90 |
65 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 60 |
50 |
30 |
| East Midlands | 10 |
10 |
20 |
| West Midlands | 45 |
26 |
55 |
| East of England | 40 |
60 |
50 |
| London | 10 |
20 |
25 |
| South East | 135 |
85 |
145 |
| South West | 25 |
30 |
40 |
| England | 405 |
395 |
430 |
| On Greenfield (not previously developed) land | |||
| North East | 5 |
10 |
0 |
| North West | 50 |
65 |
30 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 40 |
35 |
25 |
| East Midlands | 5 |
5 |
5 |
| West Midlands | 30 |
20 |
25 |
| East of England | 15 |
20 |
25 |
| London | 0 |
10 |
10 |
| South East | 90 |
50 |
100 |
| South West | 20 |
25 |
35 |
| England | 255 |
230 |
265 |
Mrs Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many new dwellings were built within 1997-designated Green Belt in each year since 1997, broken down by region. [169496]
Keith Hill: The available estimates are from Land Use Change Statistics for 1997, 1998 and 2000, in the following table. Many of the dwellings were built on land that was already developed and the second part of the table shows the numbers just on greenfield land.
30 Apr 2004 : Column 1331W
New dwellings built within 1997 designated Green Belt |
1997 |
1998 |
2000 |
| Region | Dwellings |
||
| All on Greenbelt land | |||
| North East | 50 |
140 |
20 |
| North West | 930 |
855 |
945 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 630 |
675 |
505 |
| East Midlands | 225 |
145 |
270 |
| West Midlands | 660 |
600 |
705 |
| East of England | 470 |
845 |
625 |
| London | 180 |
655 |
590 |
| South East | 855 |
800 |
890 |
| South West | 155 |
310 |
160 |
| England | 4,155 |
5,015 |
4,710 |
| On Greenfield (not previously developed) land | |||
| North East | 35 |
130 |
15 |
| North West | 495 |
410 |
330 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 335 |
360 |
370 |
| East Midlands | 95 |
75 |
35 |
| West Midlands | 335 |
220 |
335 |
| East of England | 105 |
135 |
280 |
| London | 5 |
240 |
205 |
| South East | 300 |
300 |
220 |
| South West | 90 |
195 |
70 |
| England | 1,790 |
1,985 |
1,895 |
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much land within 1997-designated Green Belt changed changed to developed use each year since 1997, broken down by region. [169545]
30 Apr 2004 : Column 1332W
Keith Hill: The available estimates are from Land Use Change Statistics for 1997, 1998 and 2000, tabled as follows:
Land changing to developed use within 1997 designated Green Belt hectares |
1997 |
1998 |
2000 |
| Region | Dwellings |
||
| On Greenfield (not previously developed) land | |||
| North East | 110 |
10 |
45 |
| North West | 335 |
295 |
110 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 295 |
290 |
60 |
| East Midlands | 60 |
75 |
70 |
| West Midlands | 85 |
65 |
75 |
| East of England | 155 |
85 |
50 |
| London | 50 |
20 |
15 |
| South East | 270 |
100 |
430 |
| South West | 55 |
70 |
115 |
| England | 1,410 |
1,005 |
965 |
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the locations of each development on (a) Green Belt land and (b) non-Green Belt green field land for which he or his predecessors have given planning permission since 1 May 1997. [169546]
Keith Hill: My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister or his predecessors have granted planning permission on 162 sites on Green Belt land between 1 May 1997 and 31 March 2004. A table of the locations of these sites has been made available in the Libraries of the House.
Information on non-Green Belt green field land is not held centrally and could be procided only at disproportionate cost.
Cabinet Office, April 2004