The number of hectares of designated green belt land in England in (a) 1997 and (b) 2006 broken down by local planning authority is set out in the following tables.
Local planning authority Area (hectares) Amber Valley 8,620 Ashfield 4,710 Aylesbury Vale 4,760 Barking and Dagenham 520 Barnet 2,380 Barnsley 22,970 Basildon 6,920 Bath and North East Somerset UA 21,440 Bexley 1,130 Birmingham 4,240 Blackburn with Darwen UA 1,860 Blackpool UA 60 Blyth Valley 170 Bolsover 1,160 Bolton 7,270 Bournemouth UA 710 Bracknell Forest 3,840 Bradford 23,120 Brentwood 13,740 Bridgnorth 24,440 Bromley 7,710 Bromsgrove 19,710 Broxbourne 3,360 Broxtowe 5,190 Burnley 1,060 Bury 5,960 Calderdale 22,980 Cambridge 1,290 Cannock Chase 4,840 Castle Morpeth 12,220 Castle Point 2,590 Chelmsford 12,910 Cheltenham 810 Cherwell 8,410 Chester 18,520 Chesterfield 1,450 Chester-le-Street 2,820 Chiltern 17,350 Chorley 14,590 Christchurch 3,330 City and County of Bristol UA 610 City of York UA 22,460 Congleton 5,290 Cotswold 110 Coventry 3,200 Crewe and Nantwich 1,210 Croydon 2,310 Dacorum 9,760 Dartford 4,430 Derby UA 250 Doncaster 22,610 Dudley 1,720 Ealing 320 East Cambridgeshire 1,910 East Dorset 16,970 East Hertfordshire 17,460 East Staffordshire 40 Ellesmere Port and Neston 3,450 Elmbridge 5,550 Enfield 3,090 Epping Forest 31,690 Epsom and Ewell 1,560 Erewash 7,800 Fylde 1,790 Gateshead 8,060 Gedling 9,470 Gravesham 7,660 Greenwich — Guildford 24,190 Halton UA 2,500 Hambleton 1,460 Haringey 50 Harlow 920 Harrogate 14,520 Harrow 1,090 Havering 6,080 Hertsmere 8,020 High Peak 4,050 Hillingdon 5,230 Hounslow 1,230 Hyndburn 4,010 Kingston upon Thames 640 Kirklees 25,550 Knowsley 4,680 Lancaster 1,740 Leeds 36,150 Lichfield 15,020 Liverpool 540 Luton UA 130 Macclesfield 34,320 Maidstone 530 Manchester 1,850 Mendip 730 Mid Bedfordshire 9,490 Mid Sussex 10 Mole Valley 19,690 New Forest DC 51,850 Newark and Sherwood 6,300 Newcastle-under-Lyme 9,070 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4,350 Newham 80 North East Derbyshire 10,460 North Hertfordshire 14,250 North Somerset UA 15,320 North Tyneside 2,080 North Warwickshire 17,480 North Wiltshire 1,800 Nottingham 750 Nuneaton and Bedworth 3,640 Oldham 6,260 Oxford 1,300 Pendle 2,320 Poole UA 1,900 Preston 690 Purbeck 7,300 Redbridge 2,040 Redditch 1,830 Reigate and Banstead 8,800 Ribble Valley 1,740 Richmond upon Thames 140 Rochdale 9,940 Rochester-upon-Medway 1,340 Rochford 12,810 Rossendale 3,150 Rotherham 20,750 Rugby 20,610 Runnymede 6,120 Rushcliffe 17,240 Ryedale 160 Salford 3,380 Sandwell 820 Sefton 8,110 Selby 17,440 Sevenoaks 34,400 Sheffield 9,310 Slough 840 Solihull 12,040 South Bedfordshire 18,750 South Bucks 12,340 South Cambridgeshire 23,490 South Derbyshire 2,400 South Gloucestershire UA 23,280 South Oxfordshire 15,370 South Ribble 7,900 South Staffordshire 32,310 South Tyneside 2,500 Southend-on-Sea UA 640 Spelthorne 3,320 St. Albans 13,150 St. Helens 8,920 Stafford 11,190 Staffordshire Moorlands 17,400 Stevenage 360 Stockport 5,900 Stoke-on-Trent UA 1,710 Stratford-on-Avon 22,470 Sunderland 3,490 Surrey Heath 4,190 Sutton 640 Tameside 5,050 Tamworth 220 Tandridge 23,300 Test Valley 290 Tewkesbury 6,110 Three Rivers 6,840 Thurrock UA 11,980 Tonbridge and Malling 17,090 Trafford 4,060 Tunbridge Wells 7,160 Tynedale 17,350 Uttlesford 3,810 Vale of White Horse 8,320 Vale Royal 15,860 Wakefield 24,180 Walsall 3,820 Waltham Forest 840 Warrington 11,300 Warwick 20,040 Watford 410 Waverley 21,140 Welwyn Hatfield 10,250 West Lancashire 27,830 West Oxfordshire 1,620 West Wiltshire 5,180 Wigan 10,680 Windsor and Maidenhead 16,470 Wirral 7,490 Woking 4,010 Wokingham 2,890 Wolverhampton 780 Worcester 230 Wychavon 7,280 Wycombe 15,570 Wyre 750 Wyre Forest 11,240 1 Areas less than 5 hectares are shown as ‘—’. Source: Communities and Local Government Statistical Releases: Green Belt Statistics, England 1997.
Local planning authority Area (hectares) Amber Valley 8,620 Ashfield 4,520 Aylesbury Vale 4,800 Barking and Dagenham 440 Barnet 2,466 Barnsley 23,030 Basildon 6,960 Bath and North East Somerset UA 21,440 Bexley 1,120 Birmingham 4,173 Blackburn with Darwen UA 5,570 Blackpool UA 60 Blyth Valley 2,890 Bolsover 1,100 Bolton 7,270 Bournemouth UA 730 Bracknell Forest 3,850 Bradford 23,890 Brentwood 13,750 Bridgnorth 24,490 Bromley 7,710 Bromsgrove 19,480 Broxbourne 3,310 Broxtowe 5,150 Burnley 1,060 Bury 5,930 Calderdale 22,820 Cambridge 962 Cannock Chase 4,840 Castle Morpeth 12,210 Castle Point 2,750 Chelmsford 12,890 Cheltenham 810 Cherwell 8,410 Chester 18,520 Chesterfield 1,430 Chester-le-Street 2,770 Chiltern 17,370 Chorley 14,570 Christchurch 3,470 City and County of Bristol UA 610 City of York UA 22,340 Congleton 5,290 Cotswold 110 Coventry 3,000 Crewe and Nantwich 1,250 Croydon 2,310 Dacorum 10,690 Dartford 4,110 Derby UA 250 Doncaster 23,220 Dudley 1,770 Durham 5,690 Ealing 330 Easington 280 East Cambridgeshire 1,910 East Dorset 16,880 East Hertfordshire 17,460 East Staffordshire 40 Ellesmere Port and Neston 3,450 Elmbridge 5,610 Enfield 3,010 Epping Forest 31,680 Epsom and Ewell 1,560 Erewash 7,850 Fylde 1,790 Gateshead 8,680 Gedling 9,020 Gravesham 7,660 Greenwich — Guildford 24,110 Halton UA 2,550 Hambleton 1,520 Haringey 60 Harlow 630 Harrogate 14,450 Harrow 1,090 Havering 6,020 Hertsmere 8,040 High Peak 4,000 Hillingdon 4,960 Hounslow 1,220 Hyndburn 4,120 Kingston upon Thames 640 Kirklees 25,510 Knowsley 4,660 Lancaster 1,730 Leeds 34,380 Lichfield 15,220 Liverpool 540 Luton UA 140 Macclesfield 34,080 Maidstone 530 Manchester 1,710 Medway UA 1,340 Mendip 850 Mid Bedfordshire 9,490 Mid Sussex 20 Mole Valley 19,660 New Forest DC 4,830 Newark and Sherwood 6,280 Newcastle-under-Lyme 9,420 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4,390 Newham 80 North East Derbyshire 10,340 North Hertfordshire 14,060 North Somerset UA 15,480 North Tyneside 1,660 North Warwickshire 17,480 North Wiltshire 1,800 Nottingham 750 Nuneaton and Bedworth 3,793 Oldham 6,260 Oxford 1,300 Pendle 2,070 Poole UA 1,900 Preston 660 Purbeck 7,300 Redbridge 2,070 Redditch 1,830 Reigate and Banstead 8,800 Ribble Valley 1,720 Richmond upon Thames 140 Rochdale 9,920 Rochford 12,770 Rossendale 3,130 Rotherham 20,650 Rugby 20,680 Runnymede 6,140 Rushcliffe 17,200 Ryedale 860 Salford 3,370 Sandwell 820 Sefton 7,840 Selby 19,240 Sevenoaks 34,380 Sheffield 9,130 Slough 830 Solihull 11,930 South Bedfordshire 18,720 South Bucks 12,220 South Cambridgeshire 23,430 South Derbyshire 2,390 South Gloucestershire UA 23,230 South Oxfordshire 15,360 South Ribble 7,730 South Staffordshire 32,310 South Tyneside 2,410 Southend-on-Sea UA 640 Spelthorne 3,320 St. Albans 13,100 St. Helens 8,880 Stafford 11,140 Staffordshire Moorlands 17,430 Stevenage 360 Stockport 5,840 Stoke-on-Trent UA 1,790 Stratford-on-Avon 22,380 Sunderland 3,490 Surrey Heath 4,200 Sutton 620 Tameside 5,070 Tamworth 200 Tandridge 23,280 Test Valley 0 Tewkesbury 6,580 Three Rivers 6,810 Thurrock UA 11,980 Tonbridge and Malling 17,060 Trafford 4,060 Tunbridge Wells 7,180 Tynedale 27,440 Uttlesford 3,810 Vale of White Horse 8,320 Vale Royal 17,270 Wakefield 23,890 Walsall 3,940 Waltham Forest 840 Warrington 11,510 Warwick 19,950 Watford 410 Waverley 21,150 Welwyn Hatfield 10,250 West Lancashire 32,090 West Oxfordshire 1,610 West Wiltshire 5,140 Wigan 10,650 Windsor and Maidenhead 16,520 Wirral 7,330 Woking 4,020 Wokingham 2,890 Wolverhampton 800 Worcester 230 Wychavon 8,910 Wycombe 15,620 Wyre 760 Wyre Forest 11,210 1 Areas less than 5 hectares are shown as ‘—’. Note: The New Forest National Park was created in March 2005. As a result the area of land designated as Green Belt in New Forest District Council has fallen from 51,840 hectares to 4,830 hectares and in Test Valley borough council from 290 hectares to zero. Source: Communities and Local Government Statistical Releases: Green Belt Statistics, England 2006.