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• Land Use Change Statistics (England) 2008 - provisional estimates (May 2009)

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Summary

The latest national statistics on Land Use Change were released under the auspices of the UK Statistics Authority on 28 May 2009.

Statistics in this release present provisional figures on Land Use Change in England.

Land Use Change Statistics (LUCS) are annual data. This release provides initial estimates for 2008 of changes on previously-developed land and the average density of new dwellings. For some topics (see below) 2008 data are not yet robust and so the latest robust data available is presented.

In 2008, on a provisional estimate:

• 78 per cent of dwellings (including conversions) were built on previously-developed land, compared to 77 per cent in 2007.
• New dwellings were built at an average density of 46 dwellings per hectare, compared to 44 dwellings per hectare in 2007.

In 2007:

• 2 per cent of dwellings were built within the Green Belt (unchanged since 2004) and 5 per cent of land changing to residential use (from any use) was within the Green Belt (unchanged since 2001).
• 9 per cent of dwellings were built within areas of high flood risk and 6 per cent of land changing to residential use was within areas of high flood risk.

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

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