{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/733563.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":733563,"attributes":{"action":"A change in UK law regarding planning priorities affecting the green belt","background":"To enact in law that green belt development applications will be refused if there is no quantifiable & demonstrable local housing need or where brown/grey site alternatives are available within reasonable commuting distance; with the mandatory prioritisation of grey/brown field land over green belt","additional_details":"The county in which I live, Surrey, has been overwhelmed by green belt planning applications since green belt was de-proritised by government, leaving a wide range of brown and grey belt opportunities untouched. This is not surprising: of course developers would prefer a virgin site in a beautiful area over something less attractive and perhaps requiring more work. As the tower blocks of the 1960s blighted lives, so too would the wholesale development of green belt land","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":8,"created_at":"2025-07-17T10:54:18.378Z","updated_at":"2025-07-31T13:46:02.176Z","rejected_at":"2025-07-31T13:46:02.178Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-07-17T13:48:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"The following petition calls for a similar action: \r\n\r\nProhibit and stop any building on our Green Belt Land \r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/724330"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}