But nearby parish councils opposed the plans as an expansion into green belt land.
South Buckinghamshire Council rejected the plans as an "inappropriate" expansion into green belt land.
But nearby parish councils oppose the plans as an "inappropriate" expansion into green belt land.
Another is for three residential pitches on green belt land near Erlin Farm, Muscliffe Lane.
Ms Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, which has planted 20-30 million trees in Africa.
The proposed incinerator site lies off the Ballyvannon Road near Glenavy in the green belt.
In its judgement the government said the project would be "inappropriate in the green belt".
Plans to build 450 homes on green belt land in Nottinghamshire have been approved, despite local opposition.
By this they meant a free-for-all for housing projects which would threaten our precious Green Belt areas.
Council proposals now include building hundreds of houses on green belt land in Bath, Whitchurch and Keynsham.
Last year, Newport councillors called for a green belt in Cardiff to keep the two cities separate.
The land formerly occupied by the travellers was supposed to be turned back to green belt land.
Since the plans means building on green belt land, it will be referred to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
"The green belt is a Labour achievement, and we mean to build on it, " he told one reporter.
Its green belt, which restricts building in countryside close to the city, is strangling industrial and housing development.
Southend councillor David Garston said "with heavy hearts", committee members could see no case for disturbing green belt land.
Cutting crime in the cities would end the "exodus to the countryside" and ease pressures on the green belt.
"The green belt is about openness, " said Chris Hoskins, of Nutfield Conservation Society.
But perhaps the biggest constraint on development in London is the Green Belt.
Abolish planning restrictions far more than has been done and be much less worried about building on the Green Belt.
County council leader Alan Farnell urged the area's planning authority, Nuneaton and Bedworth Council, to designate the land as green belt.
Still others said that the sheer volume of traffic for the concert would cause serious pollution and violate the green belt.
"We are not setting a precedent and we will continue to fight any new developments in the green belt, " he added.
St Albans City and District Council refused planning permission in 2009, as it considered the proposal would harm the green belt.
The original plan did not include green belt sites but a government planning inspection said the council needed to find more space.
The council will not allow building on the green belt up to 2016 but accepts it will need to review that post-2016.
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Last year the government rejected a previous project, which included more than 1, 000 homes, as it would be "inappropriate in the green belt".
An Essex hospice in "desperate need" for palliative care facilities is appealing over a council's refusal of a new site on green belt land.
The council's housing proposals for the next 15 years had avoided building on the green belt - although some greenfield sites had been identified.
During Labour's time in office, then-Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott faced regular complaints that his housing plans were a threat to the green belt.
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