Survey Indicates Greenbelt Building Set to Continue for the Next Decade

Latest research conducted by property specialists, movewithus, has revealed that developers are foreseeing a continued strategy of building on the Greenbelt, with 55% of those surveyed expecting the level of development of Greenbelt properties to increase by at least 10% over the next decade.

The research study, which questioned leading residential property developers across the UK, reported that 27% of respondents believed that there would be an increase in development of Greenfield sites by 10%. A further 27% believed that development on such sites would increase by 20%. 33.3% thought Greenfield development would remain the same.

Robin King, movewithus director, commented: “As pressure on local councils and the Government to meet housing demand rises, Greenbelt sites will become increasingly vulnerable to development. Although town planning policies prefer to re-use previously developed sites, land for building can be hard to find in the UK. Soon developers will have nowhere else to build except for Greenfield sites.”