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26 May 2016
Final event: Executive summary report launch
The executive summary and the final report will be published on 25 July 2016.
5 May 2016
Workshop 6: Recommendations
14 April 2016
Workshop 5: Landscape planning
Our fifth workshop was on the inevitable question of landscape enhancement. We identified three broad areas to consider if we want to make the most of the landscapes in the Metropolitan Green Belt.
Click here to read our blog summarising the discussion.
7 April 2016
Meeting 3: Steering group
10 March 2016
Workshop 4: Infrastructure and land value
Our fourth workshop was particularly timely given various announcements on infrastructure, most recently the Budget announcement on Crossrail 2. We discussed several ways in which transportation can be improved.
11 February 2016
Workshop 3: Garden cities & urban extensions
In our third workshop we explored the role of green belts in garden cities. We took inspiration from Ebenezer Howard's Garden Cities of To-morrow. We also discussed urban extensions, as recommended by Town & Country Planning Association.
2 February 2016
Meeting 2: Steering group
28 January 2016
Workshop 2: Methods of review and their outcomes
For our second workshop, we wanted to look at more practical ways of understanding planning in the green belt. The objective of this workshop was to look at how green belt reviews are created and how they can influence change in the Metropolitan Green Belt.
21 January 2016
Workshop 1: Purpose and means
What's in a name? Our first workshop exploring purposes of the Metropolitican Green Belt was held on 21 January. The goals of this workshop were to question the purposes of the Green Belt and to look at other ways we might achieve these purposes.
3 December 2015
Official launch event
On 3 December we hosted the official launch of the 21st Century Metropolitan Green Belt project. A number of opinion formers were present - some in favour of the conservation of the Belt, others questioning its utility. There was general agreement that now is an important time to debate the Metropolitan Green Belt.
9 November 2015
Meeting 1: Steering group
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