'Wide variation' between local authorities in England in proportion of new residential addresses on previously developed land

The third publication of land use change statistics has been published, using a methodology based on changes in Ordnance Survey products rather than from the physical observations that informed the previous series. It provides estimates for 2015 to 2016 on the creation and deletion of residential addresses and changes in density.

England has a land area of just over 13 million hectares. Of this area only about 11% is developed. Around 13% of England is Green Belt, encircling 14 urban areas and...