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 "title": "Land designated as green belt, England",
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  "Land designated as green belt at the 31st of March, rounded to the nearest 10 hectares, with the net change from the year before as MHCLG gives it from unrounded areas, so a change can differ by 10 from the rounded areas' difference (MHCLG's note 1).",
  "MHCLG gives figures for 1997 and 2003, then each year from 2007; from 2007 the New Forest is no longer counted as green belt, and its figures for 2006 to 2007 are not comparable with those before (its notes 8 and 9).",
  "The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government publishes these as accredited official statistics."
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