Green belt refusals to look at again

Green belt land within 100 m of a town or village that was refused for more than works to a house. Land refused as green belt may now pass as grey belt, and promoters return to these sites.

976 sites fit this search today

Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.

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What the search looks for

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  1. Refused before for more than works to a house
  2. In green belt
  3. Within 100 m of a town or village
  4. Outside national parks
MouldsworthCheshire West and Chester Site size0.77 ha (1.9 acres)In the green belt100%Last refusal8 Dec 2016Most homes refused2Distance to built-up areaAdjoiningHousing Delivery Test244% Open this site on the map

On every site

The council's housing position
The Housing Delivery Test result, the age of the local plan, and homes added a year against the number the council needs.
The edge of the settlement
Distance to the built-up area, the green belt share, and the addresses already on the land.
Who holds it
The kind of owner, from HM Land Registry: a company, a council, a housing association or a private owner.

Why these rules

Land refused in green belt may now pass as grey belt (NPPF, August 2026, GB7(g)); promoters return to these sites. A site whose only applications were works to a house (an extension, a garage, trees) is left out.

National parks and the Broads are left out: national policy refuses major development there other than in exceptional circumstances and limits the scale of the rest (NPPF, August 2026, N4); set National park to Any under Constraints to include them. Strips, water, schools, hospitals, cemeteries and green space are left out, as in the other housing searches; a golf course is kept and flagged. Woodland is left out.

Sites from the search

Six of the sites the search returned on 10 November 2026. Each opens on the map with its record.

Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.

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