He said: "Building on the Green Belt is often justified by claiming that there is a shortage of other land available for development, such as previously developed 'brownfield' land.
This is no secret as there are references to 'increasing net developable area' and 'increasing the land available for development' and to 'unblocking' larger housing developments in government documents.
The rest is available for development.
Of the remaining 370 acres, 95 are available for development.
In Shanghai there is no more land available for development.
"There is already a limited amount of land available for development," she said.
"Most of the land available for development is encumbered in some way," he said.
The UK is facing a housing shortage which can't be solved unless more land is available for development.
"There are 160,000 acres of [brownfield] land available for development, enough for more than three million new homes.
Cons The same public land that attracts visitors and seasonal residents also caps the amount of shoreline available for development.
Barnes said the real issue was the price and scarcity of land available for development in the capital.
