Policy Press

Whose Land Is Our Land?

The Use and Abuse of Britain's Forgotten Acres

By Peter Hetherington

Published

Aug 26, 2015

Page count

116 pages

ISBN

978-1447325321

Dimensions

198 x 129 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Aug 26, 2015

Page count

116 pages

ISBN

978-1447325345

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Aug 26, 2015

Page count

116 pages

ISBN

978-1447325352

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press
Whose Land Is Our Land?

Food security and housing a nation with an expanding population should be key priorities for a small island like Britain. Yet both are being thwarted by record land prices. In the last 10 years, farm land has risen by almost 200% - with feeding the nation a secondary consideration to speculators buying up thousands of acres annually to avoid tax. If planning permission is given for new housing, prices can rise fifty-fold - making a vast profit for a few and home ownership a distant dream for many.

In this provocative book, journalist Peter Hetherington argues that Britain, particularly England, needs an active policy to address these areas and stronger action by the government. This important debate will attract interest among academics and postgraduates in planning, surveying, housing management, rural policy and social policy, political organisations, the Third Sector, social enterprises, national housing organisations, community and voluntary groups.

Peter Hetherington is an author and journalist who writes regularly for the Society Guardian on communities and regeneration.

Land for All?;

The People’s Land?;

Land Denied;

Land Secure?;

Unclear Ownership;

Land for the People;

Villages and neighbourhoods rising;

Highlands and islands rising;

Will England Rise?.