§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the regional targets are for local authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber for the construction of new dwellings on brownfield land; and what progress the local authorities are making towards these targets. [72815]
§ Mr. Tony McNultyRPG12 published in October 2001 sets a brownfield target for housing development of 60 per cent. for the Yorkshire and Humber region as a whole. RPG 12 also sets out provisional brownfield targets for strategic planning areas and requires local planning authorities to review these in the course of preparing their development plans following detailed studies into288W brownfield opportunities. The provisional targets are highest for urban areas such as Sheffield (80 per cent.) and Leeds (66 per cent.) and lower for more rural areas such as North Yorkshire (53 per cent.).
Statistics published in June by the Government showed that in 2000,57 per cent. of houses built in Yorkshire and the Humber were on brownfield sites. Up to date Information is not currently available for all local authority area in the region. Information supplied by individual local authorties to the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly shows that Sheffield (82 per cent.) and Leeds (74 per cent.) both exceeded their provisional targets in 2001. In North Yorkshire, Harrogate achieved 69 per cent. whilst the more rural district of Richmondshire achieved 32 per cent.