Videos

Channel 4 News on Friday 28th August 2026 - a 10 minute segment about the controversy over grey belt and green belt.

Angela Rayner speaking in July 2024: "I've defined what grey belt is, so again talking about sites that have been used before - old petrol stations and car parks - not the rolling hills of Sussex. You know it's going to really be really targeted."
[10 minutes]

Times Reports (8th Sep 2024) featuring Save North St Albans Green Belt campaigner Gee Smedley explaining the Woollam Park proposal.
[2 minutes]

The then Prime Minister Kier Starmer was asked in Prime Minister's Questions (22nd October 2025) about green belt:
"We had an example of green belt which was in fact car park, where building didn't take place, and non-green belt which was an open playing field where building did take place. That doesn't make sense to me and that's why we've got the policy we have."
[30 seconds]