Editing Derbyshire (section)

===Green belts===
[[File:Derbyshire & Midlands green belts.svg|260px|thumb|Green belts in Derbyshire and beyond.<br />
Clockwise from top left:<br />
North West Green Belt<br />
South and West Yorkshire Green Belt<br />
Nottingham and Derby Green Belt<br />
Burton upon Trent and Swadlincote Green Belt<br />
[[West Midlands Green Belt]]<br />
[[Stoke-on-Trent Green Belt]]]]
As well as the protections afforded to the Peak District area under national and local policies, there are several [[Green belt (United Kingdom)|green belts]] within the county, aimed at preserving the landscape surrounding main urban areas. There are four such areas,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Technical Assessment of the Derby Principal Urban Area Green Belt Purposes |url=http://www.south-derbys.gov.uk/assets/attach/1545/Technical%20Assessment%20of%20the%20Derby%20Principal%20Urban%20Area%20Green%20Belt%20Purposes.pdf |access-date=24 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114755/http://www.south-derbys.gov.uk/assets/attach/1545/Technical%20Assessment%20of%20the%20Derby%20Principal%20Urban%20Area%20Green%20Belt%20Purposes.pdf |archive-date=10 November 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> the first three being portions of much larger green belts that extend outside the county and surround large conurbations:
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! Derbyshire green belt area !! Part of the larger !! Communities contained within !! Communities on the outskirts
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|North West Derbyshire Green Belt ||[[North West Green Belt]] for Manchester ||Glossop, Hadfield, Charlesworth, Furness Vale, New Mills ||Hayfield, Chinley, Whaley Bridge
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|North East Derbyshire Green Belt||[[South and West Yorkshire Green Belt]] for Sheffield||Dronfield, Eckington, Killamarsh, High Lane/Ridgeway, Holymoorside ||Chesterfield, Staveley, Barlborough
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|South East Derbyshire Green Belt||[[Nottingham and Derby Green Belt]] for Derby/Nottingham ||Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Heanor, Ripley, Borrowash, Duffield, West Hallam||Belper, Derby
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|South Derbyshire Green Belt ||[[Burton upon Trent and Swadlincote Green Belt]] ||[[Stanhope Bretby]], [[Newhall, Derbyshire#Stanton and Newhall Parish|Stanton]]||Burton-upon-Trent, Swadlincote
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