Labour is building on greenbelt says CPRE

Most of the new homes approved under the government’s ‘grey belt’ policy are not going on derelict petrol stations or abandoned car parks but on untouched Green Belt countryside.New CPRE analysis shows 88% of the 1,250 homes signed off by government inspectors since December 2024 will be built on previously undeveloped land including prime farmland and even a designated Local Wildlife Site.That blows a hole in ministers’ claims that ‘grey belt’ would target o