A Government programme designed to free up public land
for new homes has been criticised for misleading statistics, a lack of
monitoring and the absence of any economic rationale. The damning report from
the National Audit Office (NAO) said while on the face of it the Government had
met its target to release enough land for up to 100,000 homes by 2015, closer
examination revealed fundamental flaws. Among them were the CLG’s 'wide
interpretation of the land that could be counted towards the target'. This
included land for 15,740 homes that had been disposed of before the programme
began. A further 10,783 were included despite being on sites owned by the Royal
Mail and British Waterways – which have since left the public sector – and have
not been developed.
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