Green belt articles
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Labour's housing overhaul plan will 'turn the Green Belt into the Grey Belt', Tories claim
Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner will today hit out at nimbys for blocking much-needed housing developments as they set out their plans.
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We had a planning application to extend our cottage in the green belt refused, what are our options?
Green belts are known for being areas where new houses cannot be built. Less well known is green belts have restrictions on extensions to existing homes
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Going Green: Flood insurance is smart green thinking
Firstly, I’m so glad to have received this question and secondly to have received it before you’ve cancelled your insurance. Please don’t cancel it. By all means, shop around and see if you can get it any cheaper but keeping flood insurance on your property – unless you live at the top of a very big hill – is vital, especially when it comes to properties that are at high risk. Right now, 20 per cent of properties across the country are at risk of flooding, with 2.4 million buildings actually...