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green belt

n
1. (Environmental Science) a zone of farmland, parks, and open country surrounding a town or city: usually officially designated as such and preserved from urban development
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green belt

n (round town) → cintura di verde
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Chairman PHA Ijaz Jangua and DG PHA Zahid Ikram expressed these views during visit to Madni Park and various green belts here on Friday.
PHA to auction nurseries, shops, canteens
Jenrick's comments on his first day in the role come in the same week that his government colleague Jacob Rees-Mogg, the new leader of the House of Commons, co-authored a report calling for green belt land to be "selectively re-classified" to help solve the housing crisis.
Minister says PM rejects building on green belt
The Government has for the first time published data showing land use across the UK, indicating that thousands of hectares of green belt land are now sites for homes, businesses and rubbish dumps.
Urban sprawl fears over green belt use; Acres of open land used for development, new figures reveal
Figures released for 2017 show that five per cent of land within Shropshire's green belt boundary was considered developed - compared to eight per cent across England.
'We must protect our vital green belt land' Campaigners call for brownfield-first approach to development
In Surrey the green belt is a perennial thorny issue with residents facing a constant battle to protect areas of green space in their towns and villages.
The number of homes built on green belt in each Surrey district from 2015-2018; Tandridge saw the highest percentage of homes built in the green belt however that's unsurprising considering 94% of the district lies in the green belt
Since it was announced, the plan has sparked controversy over attempts to remove protected status from several green spaces - 3% of the total green belt.
Report tells of impact to town's green belt land
Green belts in Karachi present a deserted look although green belts are made for plantation but situation is entirely opposite to what green belts are meant for.
Deserted green belts
Under bosses' new strategic allocation, around 2,790 homes and 175,000 sqm of employment space would be built on land designated as green belt.
'Villages' fight goes on say group
MULTAN -- Director General Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) Ali Akbar Bhatti has said that the department would plant maximum grass, trees and flowers at green belts of the city.
PHA to further beautifying green belts of city
Before that, the green belt in Coventry had stayed the same size as it had been since at least March 2010, when the Government's green belt data records start.
HALF of Coventry's green belt lost in the last year
According to the council's Local Plan, thecity will grow over the next14 years, but it will also see the loss of ten per cent of the city's green belt.
This is how much of Coventry's green belt was built on last year; Coventry lost more than half of its green belt land in the last year alone
The North Cheshire green belt, part of the larger North West green belt, occupies land in Cheshire West and Chester roughly to the north of the Chester to Manchester road.
Cheshire's green belts -- how important are they? Our reporter David Norbury on why the green belt is so vital; Our reporter David Norbury on why the green belt is so vital

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