CEP News: The Observer: Is it time to rethink Britain's green belt?

The Observer:
Is it time to rethink Britain's green belt?

19 October 2014

Professor Paul Cheshire of the London School of Economics, has written that ''the unstoppable damage they do to societal fairness, housing affordability, the economic efficiency of our cities, even the environment, is devastating''. He argues that new houses in Britain are 40 percent more expensive than the Netherlands, which is more densely populated, and that the green belt is at least partly to blame.

This article was published in The Observer on October 19, 2014
Link to article here

Related publications and films
Gearty Grilling: Paul Cheshire on Planning and the Housing Crisis, LSE film. Also available to view on You Tube - Gearty Grilling: Paul Cheshire on Planning and the Housing Crisis
Turning houses into gold: the failure of British planning, Paul Cheshire. Article in CentrePiece Volume 19, Issue 1, Summer 2014

Related links
Paul Cheshire webpage
Spatial Economic Research Centre (SERC) website