‘Fasten your green belt’ call to town

COUNTRYSIDE campaigners are lobbying for rural land on the east of Doncaster to be designated as green belt in order to put tighter controls on development.

By The Newsroom

Published 4th Apr 2011, 08:00 BST

Their campaign comes as Doncaster Council launches the final stage of consultation on its “core strategy”, which will decide where development will be allowed within the borough over the next 15 years.

John King, planning officer with the South Yorkshire branch of Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), said: “Land to the east of Doncaster still isn’t designated as green belt and it’s vulnerable to development,

“Doncaster already has a green belt to the west, but we want to see it extended all the way round.

“We’re urging Doncaster to fasten its green belt now.”

Mr King added: “We realise that jobs, houses and economic growth are vital to local people, especially in the current climate, but our local countryside is precious and needs safeguarding.

“Doncaster should allocate sufficient land to meet residents’ employment and housing needs, and then designate the remaining countryside as green belt.”