The UK currently builds sprawling greenfield estates at 22 dwellings per hectare (dph), too low to viably support public transport or diverse land uses (pubs? What pubs?). As a result, 20 of today's proposed Garden Cities will generate up to 200,000 vehicle-dependent households, irreversibly churning up the countryside in the process. If the UK instead developed on brownfield land at 60-ioodph, it could: 1. Deliver an additional 4 to 6.6 million new homes per annum 2. provide more shops and strengthen high streets 3. unlock land for a greater, greener public realm and create exciting experiences 4. protect rural habitats and landscapes 5. present greater entrepreneurship and employment opportunities 6. create more vibrant, mixed use neighbourhoods within a 10 minute/ 800 metre walk (Neighbourhood Completeness), and 7. stimulate wider social, economic and environmental regeneration.
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