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English local authority Green Belt dataset

Publisher
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Updated
13 November 2025
Topic
Not set

Summary

This dataset (published in EPSG:4326 - WGS84) provides polygon data for local authority Green Belt boundaries. Local authorities digitise areas of land designated as Green Belt and send the Green Belt boundaries to DLUHC. The local authority Green Belt boundaries are merged and quality assured by DLUHC and are mapped against OS and ONS Local Authority District (Mean High Water mark) boundaries for the corresponding period. This improves the data quality, removing overlaps between Local Authority Green Belt boundaries and provides consistent approach to area calculations and in the delimiting of land designated as Green Belt where it meets coastal or estuarine areas. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023.

Data links

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England_Green_Belt_2024_25_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 13/11/2025
England_Green_Belt_2023_24_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 5/12/2024
England_Green_Belt_2022_23_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2021_22_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2020_21_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2019_20_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2018_19_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2017_18_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2016_17_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2015_16_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2014_15_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2013_14_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2012_13_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2011_12_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2010_11_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2008_09_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2007_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_2003_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
England_Green_Belt_1997_WGS84 SHP / ZIP 1/12/2023
DCLG INSPIRE OGC WMS Service XML 6/10/2022

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