Analysis by CPRE reveals record number of sites where housing could be built at time of national shortage

A record number of brownfield sites in England that have been identified for redevelopment and could provide 1.2m homes are lying dormant, according to an analysis.

The scale of the accommodation that could be built emerged after the countryside charity, CPRE, analysed 344 brownfield land registers, which identify urban sites that have previously been built on, which are available for housing.

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