Object
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 4011
Received: 11/02/2015
Respondent: S. Mitchell
It depends on the nature of the "brownfield" sites. Sometimes areas within green belt
become brownfield because developments of a kind that do not lose its rural nature have been
allowed. This should not be used as a stepping stone to remove these areas from the green belt. If
the original use is no longer needed they can be returned to their former state. Each green belt site
should therefore be judged on its own merits in terms of its natural habitats and amenity as green
belt land irrespective of whether it is currently regarded as greenfield or brownfield.
It depends on the nature of the "brownfield" sites. Sometimes areas within green belt
become brownfield because developments of a kind that do not lose its rural nature have been
allowed. This should not be used as a stepping stone to remove these areas from the green belt. If
the original use is no longer needed they can be returned to their former state. Each green belt site
should therefore be judged on its own merits in terms of its natural habitats and amenity as green
belt land irrespective of whether it is currently regarded as greenfield or brownfield.