The Campaign to Protect Rural England has compiled its Interested Party statement in respect of the public enquiry for the new housing development North of Little Green Lane. The link below gives access to this document.
The RA held it's latest Residents meeting in June 2026. The notes from the meeting with all the topics discussed can be download using the link below
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Below is a draft letter the RA has compiled to send to our MP campaigning for a change in Government policy on the classification of how Green Belt land is being categorised. This directly affects the proposed new development of 600 homes on farmland along Little Green Lane. There is a download PDF version and text version for you to read and print off for submitting.
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Dear [MP's name]
While they are considering responses to their NPPF consultation, I would like to ask you to put pressure on the government to make two important changes to the Draft NPPF.
I’m presuming you agree:
● there is absolutely no need to build on Green Belt (other than on the car parks and petrol stations in the Green Belt originally intended for development by the Government).
● with research that shows there is enough brownfi eld land in the Country for 1.4 million new homes.
● with analysis that reveals that, across the Country, Planning permission is already in place for between 1.1 million and 1.4 million new homes.
The residents of Croxley Green understand the need for sustainable development but care deeply about the countryside on the edge of and within our community and evidence shows we all want to see it protected. Protecting Green Belt is always the most important local issue. Of immediate concern to Croxley Green residents is an application to build 600 homes on picturesque Green Belt farmland alongside Little Green Lane - currently the subject of an appeal.
So, please can you ask the Government to make two key changes:
1. Put an end to speculative development of Green Belt land through the ‘grey belt’ policy.
Research undertaken by the Campaign To Protect Rural England “CPRE” has shown this policy has not led to the development of car parks and petrol stations in the Green Belt (as originally stated by the Prime Minister and Housing Minister) but instead has led to the development of primarily undeveloped land.
Currently, in this district, ‘grey belt’ policy has given rise to a sudden and sharp rise in speculative large scale planning applications on Green Belt land. Virtually any Green Belt is prey to being labelled grey belt and communities have been stripped of the tools required to protect the character of their environment.
The NPPF defi nition of grey belt requires amendment and the NPPF must be clear that no Green Belt land can be developed prior to all brownfi eld options being exhausted.
2. Valued Landscapes: the intrinsic value elements of all landscapes must be considered in planning decisions as they should be in the current national planning policy.
We believe it is incredibly important to protect the countryside on the edge and within our communities from development. Voters have shown just how much this means to them in the recent local elections.
Please can you let me know if you agree with the points referred to at the top of this letter?
Will you apply pressure to the Government to protect Green Belt and precious landscapes?
Will you ascertain what measures are being taken by the Government to ensure developers build the number and types of homes needed on land already given planning permission and on brownfi eld sites within this Parliament?
Yours sincerely,
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