GB News: "Britain's green belt crisis exposed as more than 50 sites across the capital under threat: 'It's very much about money'"
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GB News | 24/10/2025 | Lewis Henderson
"More than 50 green sites across the Capital and its outskirts are at risk of development as a concrete jungle threatens to overrun the UK.
Despite sufficient space on brownfield sites to develop between 1.2 million and 1.5 million new homes across Britain, councils are still ploughing ahead with plans, causing fierce rows with locals.
A study from planning consultancy Lichfields said that "very significant areas" of the green belt are at risk of development, with LandTech, another leading firm, estimating up to 26,000 acres could be used.
The London Green Belt Council (LGBC) warned that "there are already planning permissions that have been granted for hundreds of thousands of homes (including on green belt land) that are not being built out"."
