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Surplus of greenfield land with planning permission could render brownfield development unviable, says report

July 3, 2009 - A new report initiated by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) contains a 'ground-breaking study, Brownfield Market Signals: Greenfield housing land supply and the viability of brownfield housing development' demonstrating that an excess of greenfield land with planning permission could render brownfield development unviable and undermine urban regeneration. more >

Green belt land in some areas up, say stats; significant losses in others

February 11, 2008 - Latest Government land use statistics for 2007 indicate that there has been a net increase of 3,870 hectares of land in England designated as Green Belt compared with 2006 estimates.Some of this additional area is a result of improved measurement or revisions to previous estimates. more >

Great Western Park, Didcot, Oxfordshire

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PRP have produced a masterplan for a residential development will provide some 3,400 homes on the edge of Didcot, the largest scheme of its kind in Oxfordshire.