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Summary

The latest National Statistics on the estimates of the area of designated Green Belt land in local authorities in England were released under the auspices of the UK Statistics Authority on 23 April 2010.

This release presents estimates of the area of Green Belt land in England by region and by local authority as at 31 March 2010. The estimates are based on an improving methodology whereby an increasing number of local authority estimates are provided from digital mapping. This means that the 2009/10 estimates are regarded as more reliable than those previously published.

Key points from this latest release are:

• Designated Green Belt land in England as at 31 March 2010 was estimated at 1,639,560 hectares, about 13 per cent of the land area of England.
• Designated Green Belt land in England as at 31 March 2009 has been revised and now is estimated at 1,639,650 hectares. This is an increase of 810 hectares from the estimate of 1,638,840 hectares published in April 2009. This is due to corrections, improved measurements and Positional Accuracy Improvements from several authorities
• Between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010 there has been a net decrease of 80 hectares when compared with the latest 2008/09 estimates. This is due to two authorities who adopted new plans which resulted in a real net decrease in the area of Green Belt.
• Over the longer term, since these statistics were first compiled for 1997, there has been an increase in the area of Green Belt after taking account of the redesignation of some Green Belt as part of the New Forest National Park in 2005.

The full Green Belt Statistical Release and the accompanying annexes are available below.

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• Local Planning Authority Green Belt Statistics: England 2009/10
  PDF , 63 kb , 6 pages
• Local Planning Authority Green Belt Statistics: England 2009/10
  MS Word , 121 kb , 6 pages
• Annex 1: Table 1 - Area of designated Green Belt land by local planning authority as at 31 March 2010 and Table 2 - Difference in Green Belt area between 2008/09 and 2009/10
  MS Excel , 73 kb , 2 pages
• Annex 2: Reasons for changes in Green Belt Estimates in 2008/09
  MS Excel , 20 kb , 1 pages
• Annex 3: Regional trend in the area of Green Belt land since 1997
  MS Excel , 32 kb , 1 pages
• Pre-release Access list: Local Planning Authority Green Belt Statistics
  PDF , 14 kb , 1 pages

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