House building costs studied
House building costs studied
- 2004
- Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) (1572) 4 June 2004, 1(1) .
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/.
HOUSING SUPPLY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
GREEN HOUSING
HOUSE BUILDING
GREENFIELD SITES
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/.
HOUSING SUPPLY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
GREEN HOUSING
HOUSE BUILDING
GREENFIELD SITES