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Remove the grey belt planning rules

Submitted by Timothy Copsey on Tuesday 31st March 2026

Published on Thursday 30th April 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Friday 30th October 2026

Current Signatures: 23
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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abandoned ~ belt ~ Build ~ concerns ~ Enable ~ FRAME ~ Green Belt ~ Greens ~ Grey ~ Lost ~ Parks ~ Petrol ~ Petrol stations ~ plan ~ planning rules ~ Quality ~ Remove

Petition Action

Remove the grey belt planning rules

Petition Details

The grey belt was introduced as a measure to enable building on poor quality Green Belt such as old car parks, abandoned petrol stations and scrub. We are concerned the planning rules are framed in such a way that high quality Green Belt can be lost to development.

Additional Information

We think the grey belt policy needs to be revoked.

We are concerned high quality Green Belt is being lost to development and that the grey belt policy is causing great harm.


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