Housing
Smarter SHMAs: A Review of Objectively Assessed Need in England
This report by Housing Vision with Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design reviews the methodologies used to determine Objectively Assessed Need (OAN) for housing and the problems caused by unclear and unhelpful guidance. It provides solid evidence and recommendations for our report Set up to fail.
A summary of the report is also available: Set up to fail: why housing targets based on flawed numbers threaten our countryside
State of Brownfield 2018
An analysis demonstrating the potential of brownfield land for housing
We have long campaigned for prioritising the use of brownfield land for housing because we believe it stops the waste of precious countryside.
This research examines new brownfield registers, published by 320 local planning authorities in England.
It follows previous work from CPRE, including “From Wasted Space to Living Spaces” in 2014 and brownfield housing capacity research in 2016, which has consistently demonstrated that there is sufficient suitable brownfield land currently available for more than 1 million homes.
This report shows that local planning authorities have identified more brownfield land with space for more than 1 million homes, and that there is brownfield land in places where people want to live.
If this land is used more efficiently, the sites could deliver even more homes – preventing the unnecessary loss of countryside and green spaces.
Unlocking Potential: Best Practice for Brownfield Land Registers
CPRE campaigns for a beautiful and living countryside and we do that by working to protect, promote and enhance our towns and countryside to make them better places to live, work and enjoy. As part of this we have long campaigned for prioritising use of brownfield land for housing because we believe it stops the waste of precious countryside.
This new research commissioned from HTA Design LLP examines the identification and assessment of brownfield sites by local planning authorities in light of the Brownfield Land Register Regulations, 2017.
It finds that national and local government could be doing far more to identify more brownfield land and make the task more efficient in in the process.
