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| KENNETH CLARK House of Commons - 17th August 2001 | "Labour plans the construction of 3.8 million new homes over the next 20 years........up to 2 million of these homes are to be built on green field sites" |
| "The south-east will have to absorb 1,440,444 new homes over the next 20 years. This is the equivalent of 20 Brightons or 30 Oxfords" | |
| Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - May 2002 | "Over the period from 1997 to 2001, agricultural land accounted for the largest proportion (38%) of land for new housing" |
| From an estate agent | "Between 2001-2016, the Government needs 48,150 new houses in Bucks" |
| John Gummer MP - former Secretary of State for Environment | "4.6 million new homes by 2016..........." |
| Rowntree Foundation | "225,000 new homes needed every year" |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
Telegraph.co.uk,
22/02/03
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister sets targets for the number of homes it wants to see built in each region of the country by a specific date. Under a guidance note he issued two years ago, local authorities in London and the South-East are already committed to allow the building of 62,000 new homes a year for the next 20 years. This target has now been increased by a further 10,000 new homes a year. The implication is that instead of having to absorb 1.24 million houses over the next 20 years, the South-East will have to absorb 1.44 million. That is the equivalent of about 30 Oxfords or 20 Brightons |
| BBC News - 6th Feb 2003 |
A shortage of residential land combined with buoyant demand
for new properties lies behind rising prices says the Halifax survey.
Unsurprisingly, the most expensive land in the UK is in London and the
South East and the cheapest in Wales and the North. However, of late
prices have been rising faster in lagging areas, and the gaps closing.
Residential land has proved an even better investment during the last 20
years than property - with house prices rising 306%. Long term, land supply shortages are likely to continue and as a result house prices continue to grow. The price of a hectare of London land - equivalent to two and a half acres - now stands at nearly £5.5m. In 1983, a hectare cost just £759,000, meaning land prices in the capital have risen by 624%. Land prices in Wales have grown the fastest. In 1983, a hectare cost just £85,000. By the end of 2002, this had soared to £980,000 - a 1,053% increase. Across the UK, land prices have risen from £174,000 a hectare to nearly £1.6m - an increase of 808% |
| Sunday Express 10/11/03 | "There is no real shortage of land in Britain. The problem is we are hidebound by outdated classification of what is greenbelt and brown belt and outmoded areas of natural beauty. If you look around the country today, almost every piece of developable land is covered by one planning constraint or another. Local planning departments should be made to adopt a more flexible approach to determine their recommendations" |