{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/780361.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":780361,"attributes":{"action":"Launch a rural proofing review & suspend the use of the grey-belt test","background":"Launch a rural proofing review into the grey-belt test and completely suspend the use of the grey-belt test for villages for all planning applications pending the outcome.","additional_details":"We want the Government’s review to look into updating planning policy by recognising the primacy of Green Belt purpose, village settlement boundaries & made Neighbourhood Plans when deciding on planning applications.\r\n\r\nThe 2026 NPPF uses purposes (a), (b) and (d) to identify grey belt. Those tests address the sprawl of large built-up areas, the merging of towns and the setting of historic towns — they do not directly assess the equivalent functions of land around villages. We feel this creates a serious risk that genuinely rural greenbelt land between villages is being judged by tests that do not reflect its function. We believe villages are not spaces between towns; countryside encroachment should be a decisive test.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":31,"closing_date":"2027-03-21","created_at":"2026-08-24T17:15:04.067Z","updated_at":"2026-09-21T23:18:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-09-21T11:23:10.321Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-08-25T11:20:40.000Z","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":"mrs paula moss","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"MHCLG","name":"Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-local-government"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":31}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Barnsley South","ons_code":"E14001075","mp":"Stephanie Peacock MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cheadle","ons_code":"E14001158","mp":"Tom Morrison MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chesham and Amersham","ons_code":"E14001162","mp":"Sarah Green MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Congleton","ons_code":"E14001178","mp":"Sarah Russell MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dorking and Horley","ons_code":"E14001201","mp":"Chris Coghlan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001217","mp":"Danny Kruger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Guildford","ons_code":"E14001258","mp":"Zöe Franklin MP","signature_count":19},{"name":"Hazel Grove","ons_code":"E14001277","mp":"Lisa Smart MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ipswich","ons_code":"E14001302","mp":"Jack Abbott MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ribble Valley","ons_code":"E14001443","mp":"Maya Ellis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"St Helens South and Whiston","ons_code":"E14001510","mp":"Ms Marie Rimmer MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Weald of Kent","ons_code":"E14001570","mp":"Katie Lam MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":5},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":1},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":1},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":23},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":1}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}