Green Belt
The Green Belt around St Albans is a precious resource, but high house prices and our proximity to London means pressures to use the land are fierce. When Labour’s top-down regional East of England plan imposed a target of 83,200 houses in Hertfordshire before 2021, Anne was vociferous in her opposition.
Anne continues to be a fierce opponent of such top-down targets, imposed directly from Whitehall. She believes the right of local people to make decisions about their communities is vital.
In Westminster, Anne has worked on the Communities and Local Government Committee, and Planning Bill Committees to scrutinise Government Departments, and their proposals on planning. This has given Anne a good understanding of planning issues, and locally she meets regularly with residents groups to offer them advice, and speaks out against inappropriate proposals which put the Green Belt at risk.
Latest...
- News2nd October 2008
Anne Main reacts to today's news that the Secretary of State has rejected the Radlett rail freight terminal proposal. read more »
- News18th July 2008
Anne Main has reacted with disbelief to a double-whammy of announcements this week that could potentially lead to significant loss of areas of Green Belt in the South East, whilst abandoning plans to encourage redevelopment of empty properties. read more »
- News8th May 2008
Anne Main has expressed concern over a report from the Campaign to Protect Rural England which draws attention to the real scale of the threat to the green belt in Hertfordshire. read more »
- News11th December 2007
Anne Main has today expressed concern at Government figures which show that St Albans District has lost the equivalent of 100 football pitches of green belt land in the last ten years. read more »
- News11th July 2007
Anne Main quizzes new Secretary of State for the department Hazel Blears on the future of the Green Belt and the impact on the environment of the Government's building agenda. read more »
