There are the kinds of information which should be collected for resource inventory and analysis, including land suitability and carrying capacity of the green belt. The approach should stress inter-relationships between uses and make judgements on likely compatibility and incompatibility between land use and resources. An early commitment to tackle these sites is needed to avoid continuing deterioration of their amenity and ecological value. Guidance may be provided in the form of an acceptability matrix of land uses by types of rural resources found in Green Belt. Central government can take decisions about the scale, nature, and location of public investment in the region and ensure a consistency of local authority approach through its approval of structure plans and the decisions it gives on planning application at appeal.
Local authorities can prepare their structure plan.
It is necessary to do positive management of landscape and conservation features, and the financial and technical assistance available to help them to carry this out. For example, the agricultural management policy of government for the Green Belt may provide advice and practical assistance to farmers and landowners who have problems caused by conflicts of interest precipitated by urban influences, and who wish to carry out positive management of landscape, conservation and recreation features on their land. The approach for management should be a practical attempt at the realities of rural conservation, such as the harmonization of resource interests, with the minimum of conflict, It is necessary to have a Green Belt management organization which can resolve conflicts of interest between those who live in and manage the countryside and those who use it for recreation. The organization co-ordinates activities of local authorities, government agencies, landowners and amenity and user interests. It may be described as a catalyst and go-between, bridging the gap between the local authorities and farmer, resident or local group.