Councils handed £9.3m to speed up work identifying grey belt sites

By Tom Lowe2025-02-28T11:23:00

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook gives £70,000 each to 133 councils that applied for additional support

The government has put new measures in place to speed up the work of local authorities to identify sites which could be classed as grey belt.

The ministry of housing, communities and local government (MHCLG) will hand £9.3m to 133 councils that applied for support to review poor quality areas of their green belt sites, giving them £70,000 each.

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