Every week, somewhere in England, a council releases Greenbelt land for development. The tally runs to dozens of sites a year, thousands of homes.
The pattern is consistent: housing need rises, councils review boundaries, land moves out of the Greenbelt and into local plans. Landowners on that land see values change overnight.
This weekly reality sits beside years of coverage insisting small plot buyers were sold "worthless" land. The contradiction is the story.
Business stories are about decisions: where the money comes from, what gets built and what happens next.