Brownfield sites could support more than 1m new homes

Over 1m new homes could be built on brownfield sites currently unused across England, with 8,277 separate sites in England having been identified as suitable for housing by councils. London could supply a minimum of 170,000. according to research by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). The campaign group is now calling on the Government to adopt a "brownfield first" policy to encourage councils to prioritise empty sites which have previously been built on for housing developments.

The Daily Telegraph (25/03/2019)