tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post709169189773589122..comments2022-12-13T14:45:12.233+00:00Comments on Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog: Green Belt policy – the need for reformMartin H Goodallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079479984296674469noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-20132410021449021342014-11-03T11:37:48.771+00:002014-11-03T11:37:48.771+00:00Actually, I don’t think the ‘definition’ of Green ...Actually, I don’t think the ‘definition’ of Green Belt which Chris Weetman has quoted is altogether unreasonable. It may perhaps be a rather sweeping generalisation, but no doubt was an honest attempt by the planning officer to summarise it succinctly for elected members in the context of a particular application.Martin H Goodallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079479984296674469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-25169863504177182372014-10-31T16:25:27.565+00:002014-10-31T16:25:27.565+00:00Its not just politicians that dont undestand the G...Its not just politicians that dont undestand the Green Belt, this is taken from an officer`s report....." ...the openness of Green Belt is understood to be defined by rural character of an undeveloped countryside which lacks urbanisation features and infrastructure"....!Chris Weetmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-66977283009593532022014-10-30T09:09:52.357+00:002014-10-30T09:09:52.357+00:00There is so much logic in this article, I would wa...There is so much logic in this article, I would wager that the vast majority of the population would agree with you but as there is no lobby group to counter the hysteria of MPs and their loudest constituents, and the likes of CPRE of course, we can only watch the ministers withdraw each time they try to revisit the principle of protected landscapes that is strangling the economy. Evan Owen - Snowdoniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12228099681098123960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-2225417490367514262014-10-29T13:20:15.578+00:002014-10-29T13:20:15.578+00:00Of course, under the UK system the question of gro...Of course, under the UK system the question of growth versus restraint is a political choice, not a planning judgement. And that’s the real root of the problem isn’t it? The situation would be slightly more tolerable if the politicians at least had a clear grasp of the differences between green belt/AONB/the countryside generally and some kind of spatial vision that extended beyond the Watford Gap!RichardWnoreply@blogger.com