Identification

Title

Green Belt

Alternative title(s)

Green Belt polygon

Abstract

Green Belts were made possible by the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 but the Oxford Green Belt was not formally approved until 1975. The original designation of the Oxford Green Belt was to prevent the city from extending further into the countryside. The role of the Green Belt within the surrounding districts was to preserve the rural setting of the city. This was the context in which the boundaries of the Green Belt were set in South Oxfordshire through the local plan process. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states: “The fundamental aim of Green Belt policy is to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open; the essential characteristics of Green Belts are their openness and permanence”. Green Belt serves five purposes: • to check the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas; • to prevent neighbouring towns merging into one another; • to assist in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment; • to preserve the setting and special character of historic towns; and • to assist in urban regeneration, by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land The NPPF also states that the permanence of Green Belts is an essential characteristic (and advises that, “once established, Green Belt boundaries should only be altered in exceptional circumstances, through the preparation or review of the Local Plan. At that time, authorities should consider the Green Belt boundaries having regard to their intended permanence in the long term, so that they should be capable of enduring beyond the plan period”.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://maps.southoxon.gov.uk/data/download/s/green_belt.zip

name: Esri shapefile (zip)

function: download

http://maps.southoxon.gov.uk/arcgis/services/Open_data_southoxon/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

name: WMS

function: download

http://maps.southoxon.gov.uk/arcgis/services/Open_data_southoxon/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

name: WFS

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

S_GB

codeSpace

southoxon.gov.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

planningCadastre

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-1.290

East bounding longitude

-1.060

North bounding latitude

51.815

South bounding latitude

51.624

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2016-05-09

date type

publication

effective date

2016-05-11

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

Created and maintained using OS 1:1250/1:2500 scale digital mapping.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

ESRI shapefile (*.shp)

version of format

unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

No limitations on public access apply

Constraint set

Use constraints

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

South Oxfordshire District Council

full postal address

135 Eastern Avenue Milton Park Milton

ABINGDON

OX14 4SB

email address

psma.south@southandvale.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

South Oxfordshire District Council

full postal address

135 Eastern Avenue Milton Park Milton

ABINGDON

OX14 4SB

email address

psma.south@southandvale.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-11-12T11:53:29

Metadata language