Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, final week introduced that the federal government would lastly utilise Britain’s brownfield to assist handle the housing disaster, investing £1.8bn to ship 160,000 new properties on 15 hectares of at present dormant land.
Nonetheless, the newest analysis from the true property debt advisory specialists, Sirius Property Finance, has revealed simply how insignificant this funding is predicated on the precise degree of brownfield land accessible.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Native Authorities estimates that there’s some 36,700 hectares of brownfield land throughout England alone, over 51 million sq. metres.
With the typical house requiring a plot of 275 sq. metres, that’s sufficient to ship greater than 1.3m new properties, greater than eight occasions the quantity promised by the federal government.
The South East is house to the biggest brownfield housebuilder potential, with sufficient brownfield house to ship 2010,052 new properties, adopted by the East of England (186,100) and the North West and West Midlands (179,071).
At 2,095 hectares, the North East is house to the bottom degree of brownfield land though it will nonetheless be sufficient to ship some 78,181 new properties.
Sirius Property Finance additionally appeared on the market worth of those new properties based mostly on present new-build home costs in every area.
Throughout England as a complete, the 1.3 million potential properties that could possibly be constructed on brownfield land would whole a staggering £487 billion price of property.
With sturdy new-build values in addition to an abundance of brownfield, the South East and East of England once more rank high, with the present market worth of potential brownfield properties sitting at £92.5 billion and £78.5 billion respectively.
Whereas London sits mid-table in respect of the potential variety of brownfield properties that could possibly be constructed (129,816), the excessive value of property within the capital means it ranks third when it comes to the potential whole worth. Primarily based on present new-build market values, London’s brownfield might doubtlessly ship £69.3 billion price of latest properties to the market.
Managing Director of Sirius Property Finance, Nicholas Christofi, commented: “There have lengthy been calls to utilise brownfield land as a way to handle the present housing disaster and so many may have warmly welcomed the federal government’s choice to lastly accomplish that.
Nonetheless, it’s honest to say that the event of 1,500 hectares is admittedly simply the tip of the iceberg when seen towards the broader context of simply how a lot brownfield land there’s.
Redeveloping brownfield land requires further time, sources and funds and so it may not be the first focus for a lot of housebuilders. However it does current a wealth of potential and never solely might it assist considerably increase housing inventory ranges, however the worth of this inventory in present market circumstances can be substantial.”
