instead of building on greenfield sites shouldn't inner city sites be considered?

Brown sites and infills are used all the time. There are just not enough of them.

I'd like to see some abandoned buildings turned into housing. It's astonishing the number of abandoned buildings there are in London and other cities too. Some of these have been bought as investment and just left to rot (some investment!) and could be refurbished as affordable housing. It's better than building on greenfield sites around the city as it puts housing where it is needed, near the jobs!

I agree although you'd have to make sure noone is living in the "derelict" properties first.

I guess maybe there aren't enough of these derelict inncer city sites available?

Otherwise it depends what type of housing they are bulding. If its private, "luxury" housing the people who are going to buy that don't want to live in the inner cities. The poor sods who have to make do with Council housing don't have much choice.

Brownfield sites are full to overflowing, there is enough land still left in England to build on, it's time for the greenfield sites to take some of the burden

Why build at all? There are thousands of properties avilable across the country. It is corporate and personal greed which keeps feeding the beast of the housing market.

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Yes.. and we could also build underground imo.

We could build new cities of groundscrapers.

Did you know that you can fit the population of the world on to the Isle of Wight?

yes lets start in london ,build houses not stadiums .

good but may be not the best idea to planners!so many things have to be considered.

you bet ye.