Sentence examples for green belts from inspiring English sources

Strict planning laws and green belts restrain supply.

"Green belts are a handsome subsidy to "horseyculture" and golf.

4 Build – carefully and well – in green belts Restricting urban sprawl and protecting natural landscapes, the country's green belts are one of the triumphs of British planning.

Green belts were devised to stop urban sprawl and to prevent towns from engulfing neighbouring villages.

Many are hemmed in by green belts, where development is all but banned.

Hence the second trend, the proliferation of green belts and rules on zoning.

Both are constrained by large "green belts" in which it is almost impossible to build houses.

The reason few do so is simple: local residents tend to fiercely defend green belts.

Building on green belts has been politically unsayable for close to a generation.

"It's part of the county's master plan for linking properties together and creating green belts".

"The only value of green belts is for those who own houses within them," Cheshire argues.