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Land: Greater London

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 20 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much land was designated as (a) green belt and (b) brownfield in each London local authority in each year since 1997. (186138)

The following tables show (a) the amount of green belt and (b) the amount of brownfield land from NLUD-PDL for all available years since 1997.

Note:

Not all authorities responded to the NLUD-PDL survey in every year.

Area of designated green belt land1 by local planning authority—London since 1997

Hectares

Area

London/local planning authority

1997

2003

2004

2006

2007

Barking and Dagenham

440

440

440

440

440

Barnet

2,380

2,380

2,380

2,466

2,470

Bexley

1,130

1,130

1,110

1,120

1,120

Bromley

7,710

7,710

7,710

7,710

7,730

Croydon

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,310

Ealing

320

320

320

330

330

Enfield

3,010

3,010

3,010

3,010

3,090

Greenwich

Haringey

60

60

60

60

60

Harrow

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

Havering

6,020

6,020

6,020

6,020

6,020

Hillingdon

4,960

4,960

4,960

4,960

4,970

Hounslow

1,230

1,230

1,220

1,220

1,220

Kingston upon Thames

640

640

640

640

640

Newham

80

80

80

80

80

Redbridge

2,040

2,040

2,070

2,070

2,070

Richmond upon Thames

140

140

140

140

130

Sutton

640

620

620

620

620

Waltham Forest

840

840

840

840

840

1 Areas less than 5 hectares are shown as ‘—’.

Hectares of brownfield land

1998

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Barking and Dagenham

33

254

252

241

90

326

Barnet

71

123

124

124

133

135

135

Bexley

31

16

34

46

46

46

35

Brent

48

70

56

99

77

104

Bromley

22

13

21

20

Camden

75

73

80

87

51

88

City of London

2

22

7

7

10

City of Westminster

42

37

30

28

28

60

Croydon

76

60

111

96

95

95

Ealing

49

78

185

184

174

170

Enfield

98

155

125

95

80

Greenwich

235

217

243

161

156

153

149

Hackney

25

14

24

16

20

19

19

Hammersmith and Fulham

36

44

50

49

28

53

49

Haringey

32

40

48

85

217

Harrow

39

79

66

62

39

46

34

Havering

88

88

159

124

113

113

87

Hillingdon

25

182

162

160

89

94

54

Hounslow

57

184

195

140

145

107

Islington

26

50

82

65

60

59

Kensington and Chelsea

8

11

10

17

7

Kingston-upon-Thames

28

19

52

52

58

19

Lambeth

16

9

10

58

Lewisham

12

59

57

51

48

49

46

Merton

16

77

66

71

71

Newham

478

479

264

384

376

478

Redbridge

198

207

176

78

50

101

Richmond-upon-Thames

38

49

58

26

Southwark

33

25

99

99

110

Sutton

90

33

31

13

18

21

Tower Hamlets

64

64

51

42

41

Waltham Forest

30

39

30

35

28

28

30

Wandsworth

17

58

42

48

33

40

59