GREEN belt boundaries in the Chiltern district will not be altered as part of plans to build more than 2,500 new homes.

Chiltern District Council is still considering its housing strategy for the next 15 years, with between 2,650 and 2,900 set to build around the district.

Of this target 636 homes have already been built and approval has been given for a further 799, including the controversial redevelopment of the Holy Cross convent site in Chalfont St Peter which is currently the subject of a judicial review.

But because much of the district is on Green Belt land there are only so many places where new homes can be built.

However council bosses say they will not make changes in a bid to make it easier to fit in all the new homes.

Council Leader Nick Rose told the Bucks Free Press: “There’s no suggestion we are going to alter Green Belt boundaries and the inspector has totally supported that view.

“We did a survey of residents in 2004 asking if they were content with Green Belt boundaries and everybody came back and said we went them left exactly as they are.

“We are not altering the boundaries, nor are we likely to in the foreseeable future.”