Labour unveils plan to build on ‘grey belt’ land
By Olivia Barber2024-04-19T11:55:00
The policy has the potential to unlock land to build hundreds of thousands of new homes, party says
Labour has set out five golden rules to free up poor-quality parts of the green belt in a bid to boost housebuilding and increase affordable housing supply.
It will retain its brownfield first policy, while creating a new class of ‘grey belt’ land to ensure “poor quality and ugly areas” of the green belt can be built on.