New research from Countrywide estate agency indicates that the homes built at green belt locations in England over the last 20 years has halved.
Countrywide writes:
Countrywide’s research shows 96,000 new homes have been built on the Greenbelt since 1995 making up 3.5% of the 2.7 million homes built in England between 1995 and 2014.
The number of new homes built on Greenbelt peaked in 2001 at 6,700, and both the number and proportion have fallen since with less than half the homes built on Greenbelt in 2014.
Demand for new homes and a shift in development southwards saw 48% of all Greenbelt development occurring around London in 2014.
Four Greenbelts: Blackpool, Gloucester, Burton and Morecambe, have seen no new housebuilding at all since 2011
