Britain's disused factories, offices and railways could provide land for 1million new homes, claim green campaigners A million homes could be built on land currently occupied by disused buildings Factories, offices, warehouses and railways could be replaced with housing The Campaign to Protect Rural England say two thirds of land is 'shovel ready'
By Daily Mail Reporter
Published: 00:28 GMT, 25 March 2019 | Updated: 00:35 GMT, 25 March 2019
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There is room to build a million homes on derelict and abandoned land in towns and cities, countryside campaigners said yesterday.
That number could be put on land typically occupied by disused factories, offices, warehouses and railways without the need to dig up green belt land, the Campaign to Protect Rural England said.
It said two thirds of the land was ‘shovel
