Land News
Land values to rise 38% in the next 5 years
Data from land sales across the country have been studied to produce a forecast of future land values - what was found is an unprecedented 38% rise in the next 5 years.
Massive development for Crawley after govt overrule
The Government has over-ruled Crawley Council and given building permission for the largest residential development in the town's history.
Councils 'eating into green belt'
Many councils are needlessly building new homes on greenfield land, rural campaigners say. The Campaign to Protect Rural England criticised 13 councils for building less than a third of new homes on previously developed brownfield land.
The failure to build homes in Oxford's Green Belt has been singled out in a high-level Government report as the reason for high house prices and a lack of space in the city.
Homeowners fight second bid to build offices on green belt land
Residents are preparing for another battle after a company renewed its plans to build a new office block on Green Belt land yards from their homes.
Green belt land 'can be built on'
The future of 55 acres of green belt land in Bath has been decided. A government inspector from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has ruled 20 acres of land, known locally as St John's Field, are to be preserved.
bbc.co.uk, 27th May, 2006
Build a million green belt homes, urges think tank'
Farm and green belt land should be used to create a million new homes and a hundred thousand hectares of fresh woodland, according to a report that today proposes a radical shake-up in land use.
telegraph.co.uk, 17th Apr, 2006