Housing: Construction

(asked on 6th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been built on greenfield sites in each calendar year since 1 January 2011.


Answered by
Dominic Raab Portrait
Dominic Raab
This question was answered on 12th June 2018

The Department does not specifically monitor the number of homes built on greenfield sites. It does, however, produce statistics on the estimated percentage of new residential addresses created on non-previously developed land. Figures for 2013-14 to 2017-18 are given in Live Table P301, which is available within the ‘2016-17 residential address change tables’ spreadsheet at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-land-use-change-statistics.

The Government is continuing to identify ways to increase the take-up of brownfield land, especially for new homes, and ensure that suitable brownfield is prioritised for development. Since the end of 2016-17, almost all councils have published an easy-to-access register of brownfield land suitable for new homes, bringing many more sites to the attention of house builders, self-builders and investors. Our revised National Planning Policy Framework, on which we have consulted, urges the most effective use of land, including making as much use as possible of brownfield land. We are analysing the consultation responses.

Reticulating Splines