Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 14 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 July 2026. It was answered by Matthew Pennycook (Labour) on Thursday, 23 July 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Housing: Construction

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of brownfield site utilisation in new housing construction.

Answer

My Department publishes a release entitled ‘Land use change’ on previously developed (brownfield) land. Yearly data is available from 2013-14 to 2021-22 and can be found here.

My Department is working to update the land use statistics, which includes the new residential addresses release, to take advantage of new, more granular data from Ordnance Survey. Publication is expected to resume this year.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 18599
Session: 2026-27
Subjects: Construction Brownfield sites Housing
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Housing: Construction

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