Nottingham and Derby Green Belt

Management is mainly performed by the local planning authority (a district council in many cases) on guidance from central government.

While this is an overall definition provided by central government, local councils then refine the extents and can review these as required.

[1] The belt avoids major areas of population, thereby granting larger villages and towns more leeway with development within the confines of their boundaries.

It is contained within these districts, and encloses the following local settlements: Along with the above, small portions of green belt exist within both cities on their rural fringes.

The Bolsover, Mansfield and North West Leicestershire districts border the belt, but do not contain any part of it.