Green Belt and the Buckinghamshire Local Plan
Green Belt is land around towns that national planning policy keeps open. The policy is set by the Government in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), and councils apply it when preparing their Local Plans. Beaconsfield is surrounded by Green Belt.
Buckinghamshire Council is preparing a Local Plan for the county. In February 2026 Cllr Jackson Ng described a Government-imposed figure of 95,500 new homes for Buckinghamshire over the plan period, and noted that land around Beaconsfield had potentially been identified as "grey belt" for possible release from the Green Belt.
He has been a member of the council's Growth, Infrastructure & Housing Select Committee since May 2025, where the Local Plan is scrutinised. There he has questioned the council's grey belt methodology, asked whether infrastructure funding will match housing growth, and pressed for brownfield options to be exhausted first. On 18 September 2024 he voted for Full Council's motion opposing the Government's NPPF changes, which was carried by 83 votes to 5.
From the committee room
Jackson Ng's contributions at public Buckinghamshire Council meetings on this subject, with transcripts.
- Local Plan for Buckinghamshire , Growth, Infrastructure & Housing Select Committee, 3 clips
- The Local Plan for Buckinghamshire , Growth, Infrastructure & Housing Select Committee, 5 clips
- The Buckinghamshire Local Plan , Growth, Infrastructure & Housing Select Committee, 5 clips
- PL/25/0354/FA Boveney Court Farm, Boveney Road, Dorney, Buckinghamshire , East & South Bucks Area Planning Committee
- Update on the progress of the Buckinghamshire Local Plan , Growth, Infrastructure & Housing Select Committee, 4 clips
How he voted at Full Council
- Replace the wording of the NPPF motion (amendment) . Jackson Ng: Against. Motion lost (For 5 / Against 83 / Abstain 11).
- Oppose the Government's NPPF changes . Jackson Ng: For. Motion carried (For 83 / Against 5 / Abstain 13).
Every recorded vote since 2021, each linked to the official minutes.
Posts on this subject
- Challenging New Housing Targets in Buckinghamshire
- Defending our Green Belt on the Growth, Infrastructure and Housing Select Committee
- Reaction to the Local Plan
- Speaking to Council Leader about the Local Plan
- 🌳🚫 Rejecting yet ANOTHER development on our Green Belt.
- Pushing the Council on their confidence level of their 'Grey Belt' methodology
- Pushing for infrastructure funding to match expansion
- Disappointment on the news that Buckinghamshire Council deciding not to contest the appeal against the Council's refusal of planning permission of the Be
- Scrutiny on the Growth, Infrastructure and Housing Select Committee
- Asking the tough questions to Eton College to ensure our Green Belt is protected.
- *GREEN BELT PROTECTED IN BEACONSFIELD* as major planning application REJECTED.
- Green Belt successfully defended at Beeches Park
- Scrutinising Deputy Cabinet Member on Grey Belt issues
- Beaconsfield Town Council By-Election win!
- Jackson Ng defends the green belt during the East & South Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee
Questions people ask
- What is the housing figure for Buckinghamshire?
- Jackson Ng's posts describe a Government-imposed figure of 95,500 new homes for Buckinghamshire over the Local Plan period.
- What is grey belt?
- Grey belt is a category of Green Belt land defined in national planning policy, the National Planning Policy Framework. Jackson Ng has questioned Buckinghamshire Council on the methodology it uses to identify grey belt land.
- Where does Jackson Ng scrutinise the Local Plan?
- On Buckinghamshire Council's Growth, Infrastructure & Housing Select Committee, of which he has been a member since May 2025.
- How did Jackson Ng vote on the Government's NPPF changes?
- He voted for the motion to oppose the Government's NPPF changes at Full Council on 18 September 2024; it was carried (For 83, Against 5, Abstain 13).