5000 Hectares of Green belt lost 2017 - 2018 in England

5,000 hectares of green belt across England between March 2017 and March 2018 has been lost,according to government statistics. This is one of the largest losses in many years. To help put this figure in context, the city of Leicester is 7,300 hectares in size. The city of Bath is 2,900 hectares in size. The city of Norwich is 3,902 hectares in size. The city of Oxford is 4,559 hectares in size.

So in just 12 months the total amount of green belt being built on is equivalent to adding a city the size of Oxford to England.