Finally, the Grey Belt matter!
A topic I’m sure most of you have been following and one we’ve felt the impact of in recent weeks. With sites waiting to be assessed and determined as ‘Grey Belt,’ we have seen a number of brief pauses on several projects. As stated in the NPPF:
For the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, ‘grey belt’ is defined as land in the Green Belt comprising previously developed land and/or any other land that, in either case, does not strongly contribute to any of purposes (a), (b), or (d) in paragraph 143. ‘Grey belt’ excludes land where the application of the policies relating to the areas or assets in footnote 7 (other than Green Belt) would provide a strong reason for refusing or restricting development.
Whilst the industry get to grips with the new planning policies and although frustrating to see these projects pause, by determining the land as Grey Belt, we hope this will allow ourarchitectural response to be exemplified once sites are determined as acceptable for development.