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Sadiq Khan to back building homes on London's green belt due to housing crisis
- On May 9, 2025, Sir Sadiq Khan announced intentions to consider developing housing on selected sections of protected green areas around London to help alleviate the city's housing shortage.
- The plan responds to escalating homelessness, rising rents by 11.5% last year, and councils spending £4 million daily on temporary accommodation.
- City Hall will review low-quality green belt land near transport links for affordable, energy-efficient housing while maintaining public access to green spaces.
- Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner praised the plan as an ambitious response to London's housing shortage, while Mayor Khan has set a goal to construct 88,000 new homes each year.
- The shift from relying solely on brownfield sites marks a radical change but faces opposition from environmental groups and outer London Conservative boroughs.
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Sadiq Khan to redraw London's green belt to build 88,000 homes a year
Sir Sadiq Khan is set to redraw London’s green belt to encourage mass housebuilding on the outskirts of the capital in a “radical change” to build 88,000 homes a year.The mayor of London will announce in a speech in Greenwich on Friday that the capital will need almost one million extra homes over the next decade to meet demand and that the “status quo is simply unsustainable”.Areas likely to be earmarked for development are green belt plots clo…
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