Petition · past parliament
Restrict lawful development on agricultural land in greenbelt areas
Closed
1,736 signatures
What the petition asks
Under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, developers can apply for lawful development certificates, rather than go through a full planning application process. We believe this should not be possible for adding car parking, allotments and associated outbuildings on agricultural greenbelt land.
Abbots Leigh is a small village in North Somerset, just outside of Bristol where a business is applying for lawful development certificates to:
- Install 700 commercial allotments
- Install 80 parking spaces
- Install shipping containers
- Use plastic matting, cardboard & municipal compost
This would all be on a beautiful greenbelt meadow with rare species including butterflies, skylarks, green woodpeckers, bats and many more.
We believe proposals like these should be subject to a full planning application.
Help save our Greenbelt Land.
- Install 700 commercial allotments
- Install 80 parking spaces
- Install shipping containers
- Use plastic matting, cardboard & municipal compost
This would all be on a beautiful greenbelt meadow with rare species including butterflies, skylarks, green woodpeckers, bats and many more.
We believe proposals like these should be subject to a full planning application.
Help save our Greenbelt Land.
Timeline
| 12 May 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Nov 2023 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,736
Status
Closed
Opened
12 May 2023
Closed
12 Nov 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.