[jennyjuniper]

I know there is a need for new housing, but why use green land (an ever dwindling supply of green land) when there are lots of sites within towns that are unused and mouldering quietly away.
In Skipton there was a huge mill, which eventually shut down and some enterprising person converted that huge factory into really nice apartments. Thereby creating more accomodation and using something that otherwise would have been a bit of an eyesore if allowed to sink into ruin.