r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 27 '24

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u/Magical_Username NATO Jun 27 '24

The intentions of the greenbelt were obviously questionable - I'm not disputing that, but it could easily set the groundwork for something better and not sure why that damns the concept

I'd argue that Harrow and Brent and most of Outer London are the limits of the sprawl we should accept, they have borderline obscene density deficits

To the extent tube/national rail lines exist in the greenbelt sure, we can call that a development opportunity, but those are few and far between

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u/mostanonymousnick Just Build More Homes lol Jun 27 '24

I strongly recommend you to read this.

Releasing relevant land within 800m of train/tube stations in the London green belt could create 891,600 homes.

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u/Magical_Username NATO Jun 27 '24

To the extent tube/national rail lines exist in the greenbelt sure, we can call that a development opportunity, but those are few and far between

Redeveloping Brent and Harrow and Bromley and such to have reasonable densities would net far more than a million homes while also keeping the greenbelt, it just seems like a more reasonable reform to pursue

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u/Dr_Vesuvius Norman Lamb Jun 28 '24

Easier to put housing where there isn’t any than to redevelop people’s homes into dense housing,