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Updated 11-May-07

What is the London Green Belt Council?

In 1954 when the Government was preparing its first green belt circular, various organisations realised that the green belt would become a permanent and important feature of planning. They decided to create this voluntary body to keep under review the London Green Belt as a whole. The Metropolitan Green Belt circles London, covering an area roughly between Leighton Buzzard, Chelmsford, Tunbridge Wells and Reading.

Membership is restricted to organisations, both national (CPRE) and local (like the North Mymms District Green Belt Society). It is not open to individual membership.

LGBC is purely voluntary, employing no staff, and operates by:

· holding quarterly meetings of member organisations in central London,

· advising members on policy developments, planning appeals, etc.

· being consulted by the Department for Communities and Local Government (www.communities.gov.uk) on new policies affecting the green belt,

· making representations to Ministers when necessary.

Contact

You can send an email to chopt@aol.com

Information Notes

LGBC issues Information Notes to members from time to time, which are also published on this website. Click on Notes for the links to each edition of LGBC Notes and headlines of their contents.

Map of the Metropolitan Green Belt

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