Open up green belt to solve London’s housing crisi

Posted By: James

Tuesday 24th February 2015

A report, co-authored by planning consultancy Quod and the London School of Economics’ Paul Cheshire, has called on the capital’s local authorities to review rules protecting green belt land around the city. It calls for homes to be built in certain areas as part of a push to address the city’s housing shortage. The report claims brownfield sites are the “first and best option” for development, but that a large chunk are “poorly connected and costly to develop”. "Londoners should be able to get greater value from the green space that surrounds them. This can be achieved in a way that also sees a limited amount of green belt land used to accommodate more homes,” it concludes.

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