Green belt and strategic areas of separation background paper
A background paper was prepared to explain the approach to the green belt policy and the strategic areas of separation policy in the publication draft Wyre local plan.
The green belt has remained substantially unaltered since its designation in the early 1980’s. A green belt study was published in 2016, and this paper sets out how the report’s recommendations have been considered.
The strategic areas of separation is a new local land use designation policy.
Green belt and areas of separation are separate and distinct policies, but there is a common theme in that both designations prevent urban sprawl, and the coalescence of settlements, whilst seeking to retain the distinctive characters of towns and villages.