Hitchin MP Bim Afolami calls on North Herts Council to unlock brownfield sites for extra housing

Hitchin's Parliamentarian, Bim Afolami, has called on North Herts Council to work with him to unlock the potential of brownfield sites which could deliver more than 1,800 homes according to research from the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England. 

In a letter to the council, seen by Nub News, Mr Afolami sets out how funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities' recently announced £60m second round of the Brownfield Land Release Fund could be used to deliver new homes and jobs and re-generate run-down and disused brownfield sites. 

Mr Afolami said in the letter: "Residents have told me that they support the Government's plan to prioritise brownfield development.

"I believe that we have a real opportunity to make the most of this funding opportunity to deliver new affordable housing for local people in sustainable locations.

"We should be looking to deliver on brownfield re-generation to bring this land back into productive use with new homes, jobs and amenity for residents."