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Report could do more harm than good says CLAThe CLA says a report on Green Belts jointly published by Natural England and the Campaign to Protect Rural England could do more harm than good.The rural economy experts say the report is wrongly premised and seems to suggest that planning policy on Green Belts should be used to achieve environmental aims by the back door. They're concerned that the suggestions will have a detrimental effect. CLA President and Yorkshire landowner William Worsley said: "Planning policy for Green Belts is set out by the Government and as this report states there are five purposes of Green Belt designation, each stemming from the fundamental aim of Green Belt policy which is to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open. "The aims of Green Belt policy do include references to 'safeguarding the countryside', but that is to protect from encroachment and is not to provide landscape and/or environmental protection. "The quality of the landscape is not relevant to the inclusion of land within a Green Belt or its continued protection. It is the purposes of including land which is of paramount importance, and these purposes take precedence over other land use objectives." He added that the suggestions in the joint report threatened to weaken Green Belt policy because landscape, nature conservation, and such issues were better dealt with by other policies rather than by the insensitive "presumption against" approach that is mandatory in GB policy decisions. It would imply that areas which do not offer such assets need not have Green Belt protection, whereas many have no landscape, nature conservation or heritage value. There were mixed messages in that while renewable energy is cited as a benefit, one or other authors of the report might well oppose a bio fuel energy plant in a Green Belt. Finally, Mr Worsley said the CLA is disappointed that Natural England, a government funded and supported agency, had associated itself with a report involving one outside organisation but hadn't offered other organisations the opportunity to co-operate in producing a balancing report. |
Contact Dorothy Fairburn
A farmer’s daughter from the North York Moors, where her brothers still farm, Dorothy has clocked up more than 30 years’ service to the rural economy since graduating from Wye College (University of London) with a degree in agriculture. She qualified as a rural practice chartered surveyor (land agent) whilst working for Savills plc in London and York, dealing with sales and purchases of country houses and estates as well as the management of investment estates for financial institutions. Prior to joining the CLA, Dorothy worked for the National Trust in Yorkshire. There she managed some 30,000 acres of outstanding countryside as well as being responsible for historic houses open to the public and the acquisition of major new properties. Dorothy was awarded an MBE in the 2011 New Year Honours List in recognition of her services to rural affairs. T: 01748 907070 F: 01748 907075 dorothy.fairburn@cla.org.uk Have a problem - need advice? Yorkshire Office Aske Stables
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