Local authority green belt: England 2024-25 — technical notes

Urban Farm DB summary

A technical note describing how the UK's MHCLG compiles official statistics on green belt land in England, collecting area figures as of 31 March each year from local authorities via the Annual Green Belt (AGB) return. The 2024-25 response rate was 99% across 177 local authorities, and prior-year area figures are subject to scheduled revisions.

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• 1,633,870 hectare

  total area(green belt land)

  Policy

  region

  England

  year

  2024-03-31

• 99 %

  response rate(green belt data collection)

  Policyn = 177

  region

  England

  year

  2024-25

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