Boris rejects bid to build housing on Green Belt

BORIS JOHNSON today dismissed plans to build on London's Green Belt despite proposals from an independent think tank.

The idea to ease the capital's housing shortage will be studied in a BBC documentary called England's Green and Pleasant Land which will be shown on Easter Monday.

Proposed by the independent Adam Smith Institute, the idea is that woodlands are created alongside housing developments.

But a spokesman for the Mayor said the London Plan banned the practice and that the Mayor was instead concentrating on freeing up land owned by the London Development Agency.

Mr Johnson has promised to create 50,000 affordable homes, including 30,000 social housing units, and to kickstart the flagging property market.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in