More Than One Million Homes Could Be Built On Brownfield Land

A new analysis of councils’ Brownfield Land Registers pitches the huge potential that building on derelict and vacant land has more than one million new homes – without the loss of countryside or ‘green space’. Published by CPRE, the analysis highlights space on suitable ‘brownfield land’ to accommodate more than one million new homes, two-thirds of which are ‘shovel ready’ and could make an immediate contribution to meeting housing need, as they have been confirmed as being deliverable within five years. Prioritising this land also provides a steady pipeline of housing, as more than 120,000 of the potential new homes have been added to the registers in the past year alone. Read more on 24housing.

https://www.24housing.co.uk/news/more-than-one-million-homes-could-be-built-on-registered-brownfield-land/

Brownfield Registers Identify Land For More Than 1 Million Homes

An analysis of Brownfield Land Registers confirms that there is enough space on brownfield land to build at least one million new homes, with more than two-thirds of these homes deliverable within the next five years.  Many of these sites are in areas with a high need for housing. This means that three of the next five years’ worth of Government housing targets could be met through building homes on brownfield land that has already been identified. The Campaign to Protect Rural England found that the 17,656 sites identified by local planning authorities, covering over 28,000 hectares of land, would provide enough land for a minimum of 1,052,124 homes. Read more on the CPRE website.

https://www.cpre.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news-releases/item/4768-brownfield-registers-identify-land-for-more-than-1-million-homes

Government Launches Brownfield Registers

Housing and planning minister Gavin Barwell has announced that local authorities across England will now have to produce and maintain up-to-date registers listing all brownfield sites available for housing. The registers will be available to the public and the aim of them is to help house builders identify suitable brownfield sites for development. They will allow local communities to highlight local derelict or underused building sites that are primed for development. These new registers will give local authorities and developers the tools to do this. Brownfield registers were first piloted in 2016, when 73 local planning authorities across the country pioneered the measures. Read more on the Planner website.