Half a million homes planned on Green Belt, say campaigners

By Will Ing2018-08-06T06:00:00

Group says more brownfield land should be used to meet housing targets

There are plans for 460,000 homes to be built on land that will soon be released from the Green Belt, according to a report published by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).

Today’s report also says only 22% of the homes planned for land recently removed from the Green Belt will be affordable – down from 28% last year.

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