Land use change statistics
This collection brings together all documents relating to land use change statistics.
The land use change statistics present information on new residential addresses and changes in hectarage.
‘Land use change – new residential addresses’ provides information on new residential addresses and the previous land use those addresses were created on. Information is also provided on the proportion of new residential addresses located within certain areas of interest such as the Green Belt, Flood Zones and other similar ‘designations’. Explore the data using the ‘Land use change – new residential addresses’ interactive dashboard.
‘Land use change – hectarage’ provides information on the amount of land changing use from previous use to its new use. These changes are recorded to and from a set of 28 land use categories. Explore the data using the ‘Land use change – hectarage’ interactive dashboard.
The methodology used to produce land use change statistics changed in 2015. Guidance detailing these changes can be found in Land use change statistics: methodology changes guidance.
The department also publishes Land use statistics with the release and tables showing the amount of land within each individual land use category at national and local levels.
Feedback
On 31 May 2019, we published a consultation paper on proposed changes to the department’s land use change statistics. We published our response to the consultation on 16 July 2020.
Land use change: new residential addresses
Land use change: hectarage
Guidance and methodology notes
A copy of the land use and land use change technical notes are included within each publication.