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New research has suggested UK car parks could be used to build hundreds of thousands of new homes<\/h2>\n

Car parks could offer a solution to the housing crisis, enabling hundreds of thousands of properties to be built.<\/p>\n

According to research from real estate firm JLL<\/a> homes could be built without losing access to parking facilities, with estimations suggesting some 400,000 properties could be construction on 10,500 \u2018surface\u2019 car parks in towns and cities.<\/p>\n

This would be enough homes to house around a million people.<\/p>\n

Car parks could offer a solution to housing shortages<\/h3>\n

JLL said nearly 80 per cent of sites identified are surface car parks, which would enable developers to build upwards while retaining car parking spaces.<\/p>\n

Nick Whitten, residential research associate director at JLL, said: \u201cA trend towards urban living has disproportionately put a strain on the UK\u2019s town and city local authorities to allocate sites for residential development, typically in areas where land is rarely available.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is crucial that more residential sites are created in urban locations where housing is needed most.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government has indicated that it is actively exploring solutions to the UK housing crisis through innovative measures to boost supply.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrucially, more than half of the car parks identified by JLL are in public ownership under the control of local authorities. This gives Government a direct stake in the potential for delivery on these sites.\u201d<\/p>\n

Permission in principle<\/h3>\n

JLL said the government could introduce planning permission in principle for these sites using new laws in the Housing and Planning Act 2015 to reduce barriers to building.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cOne certainty is that demand for city centre living is expected to increase, putting further pressure on the provision of sufficient housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Delivering new homes<\/h3>\n

Chronic shortages of affordable homes remain an issue that the government is working on tackling. At the start of this parliament, a pledge was made to deliver a million new homes by the end of it. However, earlier this month<\/a> the Labour Party suggested this target would not be met and accused the government of keeping quiet about it.<\/p>\n

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