Housing must take priority over nature, says Starmer in green belt reform plan Councils given mandatory targets to deliver 370,000 homes a year in England, including through review of green belt boundaries.
Homes must have a higher priority than nature and the environment, the prime minister said, as ministers outlined reforms that could allow more building on England’s green belt.
The target for the total number of new homes per year in England has been set at 370,408, of which 87,992 (24%) are in London, 70,681 (19%) are in the south-east and 45,429 (12%) are in eastern England.
A shake-up of planning rules revealed on Thursday means councils have been given mandatory targets to deliver a total of 370,000 homes a year.
Keir Starmer said local plans to reach these targets were the starting point, but that the government would “absolutely” push development through if the plans did not work.
