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Sleepy suburbs
By
Anthony Breach
,
Elena Magrini
| 24 March 2020
Sleepy suburbs
By
Anthony Breach
,
Elena Magrini
| 24 March 2020
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The role of the suburbs in solving the housing crisis
Introduction
Figure Figure 1: Cities’ housing supply since 2011 and their housing affordability in 2011
Where in cities are new homes being built?
Figure Box 1: Defining suburbs
Brighton – a high-demand, low-supply city
Figure Figure 2: Where Brighton has built new homes since 2011
Figure Box 2: Data and method
Wakefield – a low-demand, high-supply city
Figure Figure 3: Where Wakefield has built new homes since 2011
Exeter – a high-demand, high-supply city
Figure Figure 4: Where Exeter has built new homes since 2011
Manchester – a large city, with many local authorities
Figure Figure 5: Where Manchester has built new homes since 2011
London – a large city with an extensive public transport network
Figure Figure 6: Where London has built new homes since 2011, with Network Rail and Transport for London routes mapped
Why does this pattern matter for cities?
Figure Figure 7: The supply of homes in all the suburbs of England and Wales since 2011, by neighbourhood
Figure Figure 8: Housing supply in Exeter and Brighton since 2011
Figure Figure 9: Cities’ housing supply since 2011, and their share of neighbourhoods building more than 25 houses every year
How does policy explain where houses are built within cities?
Figure Figure 10: How the planning system reduces housing supply within the existing suburbs
Figure Figure 12: Housing supply by city, if every suburban neighbourhood built by their suburbs’ average, 2011-19
What needs to change?
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11: Supply of housing in suburbs in England and Wales if all suburban neighbourhoods had built at their suburban average rate, 2011-19
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