Within only days of being elected, Labour’s new Chancellor Rachel Reeves has stated the “urgent” need for planning reform and for new homes on ‘grey belt’ land, as well as more onshore wind farms. With so much green belt land in Kent, reporter Dan Esson looks at whether the new government will soon decide some of it is ‘grey’ and get building… Huge swathes of Kent consist of land which is green belt or otherwise protected, such as nature reserves and National Landscapes, formerly known as areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs). About a fifth of the county’s land area is designated as Metr…
