Emma Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for
Communities and Local
Government, how many public sector sites have been (a)
identified and (b) released for the purpose of new housing developments since 2010.
Brandon Lewis: As of September 2014, land capable of
delivering 89,521 homes has been sold, across 647 sites. Our aim is to dispose
of surplus public sector land with capacity for 100,000 homes by the end of
March 2015. We have so far identified a further 294 surplus sites, some of
which will be sold to meet our March 2015 goal, and the remainder which will be
sold subsequently and help contribute to our broader goal in the next
Parliament to release land with capacity for up to 150,000 homes. As part of
that Programme this Department is already working with land holding Departments
to help them rationalise and make more effective use of their estates.
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