asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Minister for Housing and Planning, Yvette Cooper, (HC Deb, 1743W), how many dwellings were built in England on previously developed land; and how many were built on previously residential land in each of the years from 1994 to 2004 inclusive.[HL6975]
Estimates are as follows.
Number of new dwellings built on previously developed land Number of new dwellings on previously residential land Number of new dwellings built on greenfield 1990 88,500 32,800 75,400 1991 81,900 24,700 72,700 1992 80,500 23,000 63,300 1993 82,800 17,700 65,000 1994 85,300 17,000 71,100 1995 89,600 18,900 67,600 1996 85,000 16,400 64,100 1997 83,700 16,400 65,800 1998 82,000 17,000 59,400 1999 82,700 18,900 57,500 2000 83,700 20,900 51,300 2001 81,500 20,900 47,900 2002 91,600 21,200 45,100 2003 100,600 21,000 43,100 2004 110,300 20,300 43,100
The estimates are based on total numbers of new dwellings from the completions figures supplied by local authorities and proportions of new dwellings on previously developed land and on previously residential land from the department's land use change statistics.