Large greenfield sites part of 35 low-tax investment zone bids in England

A digger at work in a field near Dover, Kent. Twenty areas in the county have been identified as potential low-tax investment zones. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Large greenfield sites in England have been identified in 35 councils’ applications to be part of deregulated low-tax investment zones.

Seventy-seven areas have been identified for development in the zones, where key environmental protections and planning regulations will be relaxed to encourage fast growth, according to data gathered by an environmental campaigner.