Councils fail on recycling land
Series: Regeneration and Renewal ; 2 July 2004, 10(1)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Summary: Local councils and developers are under-performing in recycling vacant and underused land for new homes, according to research by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). Government's PPG3: Housing, stated that by 2008, 60% of new homes should be provided by building on recycled land. Nationally this target has already been achieved with 66% of councils on target. In its analysis of government's latest "Land use change statistics", CPRE named councils that achieved below average results. Milton Keynes only achieved 19% and Telford and Wrekin managed 24%. "PPG3 - what progress four years on?" is available at http://www.cpre.org.uk.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| News article | London News article | WB4026-11 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 126721-1001 |
Local councils and developers are under-performing in recycling vacant and underused land for new homes, according to research by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). Government's PPG3: Housing, stated that by 2008, 60% of new homes should be provided by building on recycled land. Nationally this target has already been achieved with 66% of councils on target. In its analysis of government's latest "Land use change statistics", CPRE named councils that achieved below average results. Milton Keynes only achieved 19% and Telford and Wrekin managed 24%. "PPG3 - what progress four years on?" is available at http://www.cpre.org.uk.