Tag: villages

  • Why councils are reclassifying villages as towns

    Why councils are reclassifying villages as towns

    Councils across England are using settlement reclassification as a tool to defend green belt land from national housing pressures. Solihull Council has proposed reclassifying four villages – Knowle, Dorridge, Bentley Heath and Balsall Common – as towns to limit the impact of grey belt planning reforms. By changing how these settlements are officially defined, councils…