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Green belt is land around cities and large built-up areas left permanently open. This land has been given a special status to restrict development on it |
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Greenbelt is there to check the unrestricted sprawl of large built up areas. |
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It safes guard the surrounding countryside from further encroachment |
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It prevents neighbouring towns from merging into one another |
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However, due to the housing crisis in UK, the government in many circumstances has accepted to review the tightly drawn greenbelt boundaries for planning and development |
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There is an increasing trend in UK for investors to purchase green belt land as a long-term investment in the hope that it will gain planning permission to build new homes |
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