A recent report by Carter Jonas has found that releasing less than 3% of green belt land in six regions of England would help to deliver 300,000 homes per year. 

The ‘Rethinking the green belt’ report has identified that the “modest release of land” from the green belt forms part of the solution to addressing the urgent need for housing, either for edge-of-town development or along major transport arteries.

To build 300,000 homes per year over the next five years would mean delivering a 6% increase in the total housing stock.