Natalie Elphicke: Dispelling the myths of the green belt - Inside Housing

Natalie Elphicke OBE, Chief Executive of the Housing & Finance Institute, writes for Inside Housing.

"Between 1979 and 1997 the size of the designated green belt more than doubled, from 721,500 hectares in 1979 to more than 1.6 million hectares in 1997. Since then there have been some year by year variations but over the past two decades the amount of land set aside as green belt has remained above 1.6 million hectares."

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