Policy information sourced from the Uttlesford District Council Local Plan

S6 Metropolitan Green Belt

The area and boundaries of the Metropolitan Green Belt within Uttlesford are defined on the Proposals Map

Infilling, limited development or redevelopment compatible with the character of the settlement and its setting will be permitted within the following villages, which are excluded from the Green Belt:

  • Hatfield Heath
  • Leaden Roding
  • Little Hallingbury
  • White Roding.

The boundaries of the Green Belt around these villages are defined on the Proposals Map.

Four sites are identified as major developed sites within the Green Belt. A site at Mountfitchet School, Stansted Mountfitchet is defined on the Proposals Map as an area in which infilling development for educational or community uses will be permitted. A site at Parsonage Farm, Stansted Mountfitchet is defined on the Proposals Map as an area in which redevelopment for business uses will be permitted. Sewage Treatment works at Bishops Stortford and Stansted are defined on the Proposal Map as areas in which operational development will be permitted. Development compatible with the countryside setting and purposes of the Green Belt will be permitted within these boundaries.

Policy information sourced from the Uttlesford District Council Local Plan