Green Belt within Elmbridge
|Some 57% of the total area of Elmbridge is designated Green Belt.
The aims of the Green Belt Policy are :
- to protect the openness of the Green Belt;
- to prevent any further encroachment of the built-up environment into the countryside, and/or the coalescence of existing settlements;
- to safeguard suitable land for the special needs of agriculture, forestry, horticulture and other appropriate Green Belt uses in Elmbridge;
- to encourage, wherever possible, the sensitive management of the countryside, particularly areas of the urban fringe; and
- to encourage appropriate outdoor recreation and leisure activities which retain the openness of the Green Belt (Replacement Elmbridge Borough Local Plan 2000)
There is a general presumption against inappropriate (harmful) development within the Green Belt except in very special circumstances.
|Access our interactive mapping service to view Green Belt in greater detail. Select My Maps then Other things that may interest you and flag up Greenbelt found under the Planning & Environment heading.
