Editing Cambridge (section)

=== Green belt ===
{{further|Cambridge Green Belt}}
Cambridge is completely enclosed by [[Green belt (United Kingdom)|green belt]] as a part of a wider environmental and planning policy first defined in 1965 and formalised in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Origins of the Cambridge Green Belt|url=https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/rd-strat-400.pdf|website=www.cambridge.gov.uk|first=Anthony J.|last=Cooper|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023734/https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/rd-strat-400.pdf|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Green belt final|url=https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/PS.EVR4%20-%20Green%20Belt%20-%20FINAL.pdf|website=www.eastcambs.gov.uk|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215083716/https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/PS.EVR4%20-%20Green%20Belt%20-%20FINAL.pdf|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> While some small tracts of green belt exist on the fringes of the city's boundary, much of the protection is in the surrounding South Cambridgeshire<ref>{{cite web|title=CAMBRIDGE GREEN BELT STUDY A Vision of the Future for Cambridge in its Green Belt Setting|url=https://www.scambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Cambridge-Green-Belt-Study.pdf|website=www.scambs.gov.uk|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023736/https://www.scambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Cambridge-Green-Belt-Study.pdf|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and nearby [[East Cambridgeshire]]<ref>{{cite web|title=East Cambridgeshire Local Plan – April 2015|url=https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Local%20Plan%20April%202015%20-%20front%20cover%20and%20inside%20front%20cover_0.pdf|website=www.eastcambs.gov.uk|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023752/https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Local%20Plan%20April%202015%20-%20front%20cover%20and%20inside%20front%20cover_0.pdf|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> districts, helping to maintain local green space, prevent further [[urban sprawl]] and unplanned expansion of the city, as well as protecting smaller outlying villages from further convergence with each other as well as the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=LDA Design – Cambridge Inner Belt Boundary Study|url=https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/public/ldf/coredocs/rd-mc-030-part1.pdf|website=www.cambridge.gov.uk|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023849/https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/public/ldf/coredocs/rd-mc-030-part1.pdf|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>