Plans to build new homes on green belt scrapped

Plans to build 400,000 new homes that threatened green belt land in the Birmingham area have been scrapped.

The Government is to scrap the Regional Spatial Strategy, which ordered local councils to build nearly 400,000 new homes by 2026, some in the West Midlands. This included 57,500 new homes Birmingham and 10,500 in Solihull.

Chris Crean, of Friends of the Earth, said: “While the Regional Spatial Strategy had its critics, it was a way of creating a long-term strategy for housing. Ripping it up without anything to replace it will lead to chaos. If these homes are needed, where are they going to go?"