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Summary

The latest national statistics on Land Use Change were released under the auspices of the UK Statistics Authority on 30 October 2008.

Statistics in this release present information on Land Use Change in England.

Land Use Change Statistics (LUCS) are annual data. This release provides the second of three revised estimates for 2007 of changes on previously-developed land and the average density of new dwellings. Initial estimates were published in May 2008. For other topics (see below) 2007 data are not yet robust and so the latest year for which robust data are available is presented.

Key points from the latest release are:

• In 2007, on a provisional estimate, 77 per cent of dwellings (including conversions) were built on previously-developed land, compared to 76 per cent in 2006.
• In 2007, on a provisional estimate, new dwellings were built at an average density of 44 dwellings per hectare, compared to 39 dwellings per hectare in 2006.
• In 2006 two per cent of dwellings were built within the Green Belt (unchanged since 2004) and six per cent of land changing to residential use (from any use) was within the Green Belt (up one per cent since 2006).
• In 2006, ten per cent of dwellings were built within areas of high flood risk and nine per cent of land changing to residential use was within areas of high flood risk, compared to ten and seven per cent respectively in 2006.

The full set of Land Use Change Statistics Live Tables are available at: Land Use Change Statistics Live Tables.

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