Greenbelt - a national issueOther local villages and green spaces all over the UK face the same challenges as Claygate. Here are their campaigns.
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Green Belt Protection Groups local to Claygate
Hinchley Wood: Heathside https://www.savehwldgreenbelt.co.uk/
Esher: Moore Place https://www.mooreplace.uk/
Long Ditton: https://longditton.org/community-information/green-belt-updates/
Oxshott: Blundell Lane https://www.sdra.org.uk/campaigns/the-paddocks/
Oxshott: Clouds Hill Farm https://www.protectoxshott.com/
Cobham: https://cobhamheritage.org.uk/our-work/planning/major-planning-issues/cobham-green-belt-threat
Epsom: https://epsomgreenbelt.org/
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National petitions asking for legislative change
1) “Launch a rural proofing review & suspend the use of the grey-belt test” (Paula Moss – Rural Roar campaign). Petition closes 21 March 2027. Petition link https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/780361
2) “Clarify Grey Belt policy for land adjoining nationally protected nature sites” Petition closes 12 February 2027. Petition link https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/777301
3) “Review the NPPF to strengthen protections for Green Belt and National Landscapes” Petition closes 6 February 2027. Petition link: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/776551
4) “Ban all development on green belt land” Petition closes 10 March 2027. Petition link: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/779018
5) “Remove the grey belt planning rules” Petition closes 30 October 2026 Petition link - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/766093
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Other UK petitions of which we’ve been made aware:
You can find numerous other petitions asking for support to save green belt land from being developed here:
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Campaigns that Claygate residents have shared:
Epping Forest, Essex : https://www.change.org/p/drop-arup
Epping Forest, Essex Rodding Lane Data centre https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-data-centre-development-on-chigwell-s-new-barns-farm
Wall Heath & Kingswinford, Staffs https://www.saveourgreenbelt.uk/