Map of the South and West Yorkshire green belt showing extents, districts, counties, and other nearby green belts.
  South & West Yorkshire green belt
  County borders
  District borders
  York green belt
  North West green belt
  Stoke-on-Trent green belt
  Nottingham and Derby green belt

The South and West Yorkshire Green Belt is an environmental and planning policy that regulates the rural space within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. The function of the green belt policy in South and West Yorkshire is to manage development around the cities, towns and villages in the West Yorkshire Urban Area,[1][2][3][4][5] the Sheffield urban area,[6][7] Barnsley[8] and Doncaster,[9] to discourage urban sprawl.[10] It is managed by local planning authorities on guidance from central government.

Geography

Land area total of the green belt is 248,241 hectares (2,482.41 km2; 958.46 sq mi) (1.9% of the total land area of England (2010).[11] Its coverage is within the South and West Yorkshire counties, with extensions towards Harrogate and Knaresborough in North Yorkshire and Chesterfield in Derbyshire.

The South and West Yorkshire Green Belt is contiguous with the North West Green Belt along the Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire county boundary, creating a continuous band of protected area through to the English western coastline by the River Mersey and Irish Sea. The City of York Green Belt is to the north east.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Unitary Development Plan". www.leeds.gov.uk.
  2. ^ Council, Bradford Metropolitan District. "Land allocations Development Plan Document". Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
  3. ^ "Calderdale Council - Green Belt Review 2016". calderdale-consult.limehouse.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Kirklees Local Plan Submission Documents SD19 Green Belt Review – April 2017" (PDF). kirklees.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Green belt review - Wakefield Council" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Green Belt Review". www.sheffield.gov.uk.
  7. ^ "Adopted Sheffield Local Plan". www.sheffield.gov.uk.
  8. ^ "Green Belt review". www.barnsley.gov.uk.
  9. ^ Council, Doncaster. "Green Belt review - Doncaster Council". www.doncaster.gov.uk.
  10. ^ Fawcett, Tony. "Green Belts: A greener future - Campaign to Protect Rural England".
  11. ^ "Green Belts in England: Key facts - A series of factsheets on England's 14 Green Belts".
  12. ^ "England's Green Belts factsheet - CPRE" (PDF).

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