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Derelict Land

Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN HL15507, tabled on 2 May 2019

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of homes that could be built on brownfield sites in England.

Answered on

15 May 2019

All local planning authorities have now published a local register of brownfield land suitable for housing, bringing many more sites to the attention of house-builders, self-builders and investors.

The information published by local planning authorities suggests that across England as a whole there are over 18,000 sites and over 26,000 hectares of land suitable for development, with capacity for one million homes.