The latest Green belt statistics from the DCLG tell us that on 31 March 2010 there was an estimated 1,639,560 hectares of designated Green Belt land in England. This amounts to about 13% of the total land area of England. The designated Green Belt area of England in March 2009 has been revised and the estimation is now 1,639,650 hectares which amounts to an increase of 810 hectares on the estimate published by DCLG in April 2009. The difference is due to the correcting, improving of measurements of local authorities using digitised data from geographical information systems as opposed to paper maps and Positional Accuracy improvements by the Ordnance Survey. The Comprehensive Spending Review resulted in Departmental Strategic Objectives on Planning which relate to net change in the national area of Green Belt land. The indicator used for this is sustaining the level of Green Belt nationally measured regionally. There has been a net real decreas decrease of 80 hectares between April 2009 and March 2010. The difference is due to new plans being adopted in South Cambridgeshire (70 hectares) and the Mole Valley (10 hectares).
Green Belt policy comprises five purposes for including land in designated Green Belt areas. They are to check urban sprawl, to prevent the merging of neighbouring towns, the safeguard the countryside from encroachment, the preservation of the setting and character of historic towns and to help urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land. Green Belt land once identified can then provide the urban population with opportunities of access to the open countryside and outdoor sport and leisure, the retention and enhancement of landscapes near inhabited areas, improvement of damaged and derelict land, nature conservation and the retaining of land in agricultural, forestry and other related uses.
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Monday, 26 April 2010
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Services Surplus Narrower In February
The seasonally adjusted trade deficit narrowed significantly during February 2010. The deficit on trade in goods and services fell from £3.9bn in January to £2.1bn in February. Trade in goods was £6.2bn in February compared with £8.1bn in January but the surplus on trade in services was £4.1bn in February from £4.2bn in January.
Exports increased by 6.3% but imports fell 1.4%. The prices of exports went up 0.5% and imports went up 0.3% compared with January. Total exports in goods increased 9.5% or £1.8bn to £21.3bn. Total imports of goods fell to £27.5bn. The single biggest contributor to the change in exports was chemicals with an increase of £629m. Oil was the second biggest with exports increasing by £370m and imports increasing by £205m.
An analysis of trade with EU countries shows that the deficit on trade in goods with EU countries narrowed by £0.6bn to £2.8bn in February 2010 compared with a deficit of £3.4bn in January. EU exports increased to £11.5bn and imports to £14.4bn.
The biggest export commodity traded with the EU was oil which increased in value by £751m over the quarter to February. There were large increases in value in imports of cars (£274m), fuels other than oil (£438m), capital goods (£108m) and intermediate goods (£176m). Imports of chemicals fell £279m over the quarter.
More geographical analysis shows that within the G7 group of countries export trade with the US increased by £0.5bn and with Germany by £0.2bn between January and February 2010. Import trade increased with Norway by £0.3bn but decreased with South Africa by £0.2bn.
The change in the volume of exports excluding oil and erratics increased by 6.3% but the volume of imports fell by 1.4% between January and February 2010. At the commodity level the biggest changes were in basic materials where exports increased by 42.7% and chemicals which increased by 15.2%. Over the quarter the biggest changes were in the export of cars which increased by 10.9% and the import of semi-manufactured goods (other than chemicals) which increased by 10%.
Export prices rose by 0.5% in February and import prices by 0.3%. The terms of trade therefore increased. If the oil price effect is left out export prices rose by 0.7% and import prices by 0.5%. Over the quarter export prices rose by 1.6% and import prices by 1.2%. Again that means an increase in the terms of trade.
The surplus on trade in services narrowed to £4.1bn compared with £4.2bn in January. Exports fell by 1.4% to £13.1bn and imports by 7.7% to £8.9bn.
Exports increased by 6.3% but imports fell 1.4%. The prices of exports went up 0.5% and imports went up 0.3% compared with January. Total exports in goods increased 9.5% or £1.8bn to £21.3bn. Total imports of goods fell to £27.5bn. The single biggest contributor to the change in exports was chemicals with an increase of £629m. Oil was the second biggest with exports increasing by £370m and imports increasing by £205m.
An analysis of trade with EU countries shows that the deficit on trade in goods with EU countries narrowed by £0.6bn to £2.8bn in February 2010 compared with a deficit of £3.4bn in January. EU exports increased to £11.5bn and imports to £14.4bn.
The biggest export commodity traded with the EU was oil which increased in value by £751m over the quarter to February. There were large increases in value in imports of cars (£274m), fuels other than oil (£438m), capital goods (£108m) and intermediate goods (£176m). Imports of chemicals fell £279m over the quarter.
More geographical analysis shows that within the G7 group of countries export trade with the US increased by £0.5bn and with Germany by £0.2bn between January and February 2010. Import trade increased with Norway by £0.3bn but decreased with South Africa by £0.2bn.
The change in the volume of exports excluding oil and erratics increased by 6.3% but the volume of imports fell by 1.4% between January and February 2010. At the commodity level the biggest changes were in basic materials where exports increased by 42.7% and chemicals which increased by 15.2%. Over the quarter the biggest changes were in the export of cars which increased by 10.9% and the import of semi-manufactured goods (other than chemicals) which increased by 10%.
Export prices rose by 0.5% in February and import prices by 0.3%. The terms of trade therefore increased. If the oil price effect is left out export prices rose by 0.7% and import prices by 0.5%. Over the quarter export prices rose by 1.6% and import prices by 1.2%. Again that means an increase in the terms of trade.
The surplus on trade in services narrowed to £4.1bn compared with £4.2bn in January. Exports fell by 1.4% to £13.1bn and imports by 7.7% to £8.9bn.
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