Green Belts Campaign

Green Belts Alliance

APRS have been campaigning on Green Belts for over 90 years and we are still working to uphold and strengthen the protection of these vital spaces around our cities for nature and for people.

We support groups and individuals campaigning to protect their green belt through our APRS Green Belts Alliance. We create guidance, campaign, meet as a network and have a regular email newsletter on issues of interest.

Selected Resources on Green Belts and Planning

We have created resources to help and advise on planning and greenbelts – including guidance on the planning system, case studies, and specific information about greenbelts.

  • Advice Note on the Planning System

    We regularly give advice on various topics relating to our work and objectives and also respond to many enquiries from our members and the general public. This document provides general information on the Planning System

  • Planning Case Studies 2009-2014

    These Case Studies provide examples of cases where we have provided advice and guidance.to help local communities engage with landscape change in their areas.. They provide an insight into the type of work we do.

  • Planning Resources

    This resource provides information on strategic and local planning across Scotland and gives links to the websites containing planning information for particular areas.

See all our resources on planning

Help finding your local green belt

This green belt map produced by The Spatial Hub shows, among other things, green belts. Try checking ‘green belts’ in the map layers to see the green belts in your local area.

If you would like to see the green belts of each local authority we have created a green belt map from the information in the Spatial Hub. These were created in 2020 so for the most up to date information please use the spatial hub.

Latest News on Green Belts

News

APRS’s campaigning has lead to some key improvements for green belt protection in the latest planning law. In this blog Nikki Sinclair, our Green Belts Alliance Manager explains what the new planning framework means for communities campaigning on planning and for protection of green belts.

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More about Green Belts

News

Why are green belts so vital in a climate and nature emergency? Nikki Sinclair explains.

What is a Green Belt? A Green Belt is the designated open land around, beside or within an urban area

APRS have been campaigning on planning issues for nearly a century, since we formed in 1926. Our campaign to create Scotland’s first planning system and green belts was achieved in the 30s and 40s, and we have supported groups to protect their greenbelts and engage with the planning system ever since.

Help us protect Green Belts

To support us to extend our support for communities working to protect their countryside please donate to our new appeal.

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Our Green Belt Campaigning

We support the presumption against development on designated Green Belt land and believe that permission for any development of Green Belt  should only be given in exceptional circumstances. Such planning decisions  should be democratically arrived at, through the Local Development Plan  process, rather than via speculative applications.

Over the years we have produced hundreds of submissions, briefings and consultation responses in our work campaigning to protect and enhance green belts. Here are a few of the latest.

Please see new learning resources for more National Park worksheets and activities for use in the classroom or at home.


APRS gratefully acknowledges the funding which Awards for All has provided towards this project.

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