House building costs studied
Series: Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) ; (1572) 4 June 2004, 1(1)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Summary: DEFRA has published a government-commissioned report "Study into the environmental impacts of increasing housing supply in the UK", which warns that the environmental cost of boosting housing supply in the UK will be severe and could total £8.4bn. It estimates that, under the highest projection of housing growth, 77 500ha of greenfield land would be lost between 2001 and 2016. Also extra housing could increase carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2016. Total annual waste is projected to reach 9.3m tonnes by 2015-16. However, building homes in line with green standards could save millions of pounds and mitigate environmental damage. The report can be viewed at http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| News article | London News article | WB4022-09 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 126431-1001 |
DEFRA has published a government-commissioned report "Study into the environmental impacts of increasing housing supply in the UK", which warns that the environmental cost of boosting housing supply in the UK will be severe and could total £8.4bn. It estimates that, under the highest projection of housing growth, 77 500ha of greenfield land would be lost between 2001 and 2016. Also extra housing could increase carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2016. Total annual waste is projected to reach 9.3m tonnes by 2015-16. However, building homes in line with green standards could save millions of pounds and mitigate environmental damage. The report can be viewed at http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/.