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"Metropolitan green belt" redirects here. For other uses, see Green belt (disambiguation).
The Metropolitan Green Belt is a statutory green belt around London, England. It includes designated parts of Greater London and the surrounding counties of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey in the South East and East of England regions.[1]
History
The Metropolitan Green Belt was the first such area of protected open land to be mooted in the United Kingdom, by the Greater London Regional Planning Committee in 1935. The Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938 permitted local authorities around London to purchase land to be protected as open space and enter into covenants with landowners that open spaces would not be given over to development. The Town and Country Planning Act 1947 permitted local authorities to designate areas to be protected as part of the green belt within their development plans.[2]
Designated area
The areas designated as the Metropolitan Green Belt in 2009 were as follows. 19 of the 32 London boroughs have green belt land and at least some part of every district in Surrey and Hertfordshire is included.
District (planning authority) Region of England Geographic county Area (hectares) Aylesbury Vale South East Buckinghamshire 4,800 Barking and Dagenham London Greater London 530 Barnet London Greater London 2,380 Basildon East Essex 6,950 Bexley London Greater London 1,120 Bracknell Forest South East Berkshire 3,840 Brentwood East Essex 13,690 Bromley London Greater London 7,730 Broxbourne East Hertfordshire 3,330 Castle Point East Essex 2,750 Chelmsford East Essex 12,900 Chiltern South East Buckinghamshire 17,380 Croydon London Greater London 2,310 Dacorum East Hertfordshire 10,690 Dartford South East Kent 4,110 Ealing London Greater London 330 East Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire 17,530 Elmbridge South East Surrey 5,610 Enfield London Greater London 3,090 Epping Forest East Essex 31,680 Epsom and Ewell South East Surrey 1,560 Gravesham South East Kent 7,670 Greenwich London Greater London < 5 Guildford South East Surrey 24,110 Haringey London Greater London 60 Harlow East Essex 640 Harrow London Greater London 1,090 Havering London Greater London 6,010 Hertsmere East Hertfordshire 8,040 Hillingdon London Greater London 4,970 Hounslow London Greater London 1,220 Kingston upon Thames London Greater London 640 Luton East Bedfordshire 140 Maidstone South East Kent 530 Medway South East Kent 1,340 Mid Bedfordshire East Bedfordshire 9,490 Mid Sussex South East West Sussex 20 Mole Valley South East Surrey 19,650 Newham London Greater London 80 North Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire 14,250 Redbridge London Greater London 2,060 Reigate and Banstead South East Surrey 8,890 Richmond upon Thames London Greater London 140 Rochford East Essex 12,760 Runnymede South East Surrey 6,140 Sevenoaks South East Kent 34,400 Slough South East Berkshire 830 South Bedfordshire East Bedfordshire 18,720 South Bucks South East Buckinghamshire 12,350 Southend-on-Sea East Essex 610 Spelthorne South East Surrey 3,320 St Albans East Hertfordshire 13,140 Stevenage East Hertfordshire 260 Surrey Heath South East Surrey 4,190 Sutton London Greater London 620 Tandridge South East Surrey 23,300 Three Rivers East Hertfordshire 6,840 Thurrock East Essex 11,980 Tonbridge and Malling South East Kent 17,060 Tunbridge Wells South East Kent 7,130 Uttlesford East Essex 3,810 Waltham Forest London Greater London 840 Watford East Hertfordshire 410 Waverley South East Surrey 21,150 Welwyn Hatfield East Hertfordshire 10,250 Windsor and Maidenhead South East Berkshire 16,480 Woking South East Surrey 4,020 Wokingham South East Berkshire 2,900 Wycombe South East Buckinghamshire 15,630 TOTAL 514,495 References
Categories:- Geography of London
- Environment of London
- Protected areas established in 1938
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