Dozens of towns and cities already have enough brownfield land with planning permission to meet Labour’s housing targets, it has been claimed.

The Government has pledged to build 1.5 million homes by the end of this Parliament .

New housing secretary Steve Reed, who was recently appointed to replace Angela Rayner, has promised to speed up building at sites around the country. New Feature

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But countryside charity CPRE has expressed concerns about the potential for green belt land to be targeted and called for the government to have a “brownfield-first” policy.

The latest figures for 2024, based on data from local planning authorities, show there is enough brownfield land to build 1.48 million homes in England.

More than half (55 per

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