Once it’s gone it’s gone forever.
The great thing about living in the suburbs, is it’s not overcrowded, and there is countryside nearby. In the summer I can hear the early morning dawn chorus, a wonderful sound to experience. Destroy the green belt and all this will go, Noise and traffic congestion will increase, and the quiet nights I enjoy now, will be replaced by 24HR traffic. That’s the difference between London and the suburbs, and why I like living here. The M25 isn’t far from here, and that’s very busy, build on green belt land, and the M25 will become a bigger nightmare than it already is. I was listening to radio 2 during the week, and this chap called a phone in program and said, he thought it was a good idea to build on green belt land. Apparently he is a pilot and flies over the south east regularly. He said he was amazed how much land had not been built on, around towns. He thought it was time to do so, and was happy that planning regs protecting green belt land may be removed. I will let you decide, which of the above makes more sense to you.
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