New figures indicate that approximately 1.5 million new homes can be built on Braonfield sites in England to avoid infringement of the green belt and meet the governmental goal of housing growth by the end of this parliament.
However, despite the availability of the available Brownfield, the developers are pushing to build on green lands, including increasing the construction of homes and adjacent Distinguished natural beauty areas.
More than half of the Braunfield -54 % – has a planning permit and they consider their delivery under the guidelines for the national planning policy within five years. These provide ready-made locations for the shovel for 790,000 real estate-more than half of the 1.5-meter government goal.
Cpre charitable in the countryside, which has obtained numbers from councils throughout England, calls for the government to apply its first approach to achieving the goal of 1.5 million new homes by the end of this parliament in the face of the growing development of green lands.
“If the government is serious in the Braun Fields approach, it needs more teeth … We know that the big developers prefer to build on the countryside, with more car’s executive homes,” said Roger Mortuk, CEO of CPRE.
Brownfield 2023 and 2024 records analysis that local authorities maintain across England reveals that the number of available sites increased by 16 % in 12 months to 2024.
30,257 sites are available, covering 32,884 hectares (81,223 acres) that local councils have set as suitable for the population 1.49m.
CPRE says Brownfield sites are constantly renovation. They include previous retail areas in city centers, abandoned factories and excess commercial buildings.
Throughout England, from the southwest, via London to Midlands and the North, this means that there is enough Brown Field to build new 1.5 -meter areas that the government returns without infringing on the green belt or precious landscape.
The data appears to be contrary to the data made by Prime Minister, Kiir Starmer, who claimed to be impossible to build 1.5 million new homes on the land of Brunfield. “We must be honest, we cannot build homes whose needs Britain without launching some of the currently classified lands as a green belt,” he said.
It seems that developers are taking advantage of failure by this government and the previous departments to delegate the Braonfield first approach.
Between 2021 and 2022, 46 % of the development was developed on the green belt, or green sites, and the ecosystems and ecosystems are toured unnecessarily. They added that the new developments in the countryside were built all the time.
“A new approach to the numbers of local housing has increased significantly from the goal in many rural areas without any evidence of the local need and without the infrastructure to support new societies,” said Mortuk. He said that in addition to the devastating nature, the developments were not sustainable, as they had no infrastructure for transportation or society, forcing people to their cars.
Brownfield sites are available in the main areas where the government focuses its growth in home construction. These include London, where there are enough Braonfield sites to build 535,000 homes; The southeast, where there are sufficient areas for 190,814 homes; And West Midlands, where Brownfield sites are located to build 191,004 homes.
CPRE says that the government must implement ambitious and implementable goals for social and social homes at reasonable prices on the locations of the prefabricated fields of the shovel.
The new numbers come at a time when the ministers are ending the new planning and infrastructure bill, which retracts environmental laws, while the government says it is to tear the red tape to accelerate approvals.
Despite some amendments, the bill is still considered The decline of environmental rules Through the Environmental Control Authority, the Environmental Protection Office.
The Federation of House of Manufacturers said: “Brownfield Land is not developed, as many sites face a set of complex challenges. The suitability depends on land ownership, treatment, location requirements, accessibility and attractiveness for potential residents.
“Many sites will be attractive for retail developers or other commercial developers who, by not being subjected to taxes and requirements that are placed on residential developers, can often provide more bids to the ground.”
The government was contacted to comment.