Searchland - Most developed areas of the nation


1	Data Tables
2	Land usage statistics sourced from Gov UK - Land use in England
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4	Table shows land usage by developed, non-developed and vacant classification, the total land area and the percentage that is classed as developed
5	Region	Developed use - Total (hec)	Non-developed - Total (hec)	Vacant - Total (hec)	Grand Total - all land (hec)	Developed use as proportion of total land %
6	London	63,834	92,333	1,174	157,340	40.6%
7	South East	188,130	1,715,858	4,769	1,908,757	9.9%
8	North West	137,962	1,275,958	2,522	1,416,442	9.7%
9	West Midlands	120,001	1,177,345	3,027	1,300,374	9.2%
10	East Midlands	125,226	1,435,374	3,732	1,564,332	8.0%
11	East of England	152,831	1,756,437	3,974	1,913,241	8.0%
12	Yorkshire and The Humber	121,549	1,417,085	2,187	1,540,821	7.9%
13	North East	61,507	797,037	1,332	859,876	7.2%
14	South West	166,321	2,216,307	2,360	2,384,988	7.0%
15	England	1,137,361	11,883,733	25,076	13,046,170	8.7%
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18	Table shows land use by each local authority sorted by the highest proportion classified as developed land
19	Local authority	Developed use - Total (hec)	Non-developed - Total (hec)	Vacant - Total (hec)	Grand Total - all land (hec)	Developed use as proportion of total land %
20	City of London	270	14	4	289	93.5%
21	Kensington and Chelsea	831	370	12	1,212	68.5%
22	Islington	987	490	9	1,486	66.4%
23	Tower Hamlets	1,303	628	46	1,977	65.9%
24	Westminster	1,387	744	17	2,148	64.6%
25	Hammersmith and Fulham	1,040	556	44	1,640	63.4%
26	Newham	2,252	1,296	71	3,620	62.2%
27	Southwark	1,682	1,183	23	2,888	58.3%
28	Lambeth	1,557	1,112	12	2,681	58.1%
29	Hackney	1,103	793	8	1,904	57.9%
30	Camden	1,236	927	14	2,178	56.8%
31	Wandsworth	1,849	1,535	43	3,426	54.0%
32	Kingston upon Hull, City of	3,821	3,291	47	7,158	53.4%
33	Brent	2,237	2,066	21	4,324	51.7%
34	Liverpool	5,769	5,354	61	11,184	51.6%
35	Portsmouth	2,070	1,964	5	4,039	51.3%
36	Manchester	5,908	5,604	52	11,565	51.1%
37	Haringey	1,487	1,453	20	2,961	50.2%
38	Norwich	1,939	1,957	6	3,902	49.7%
39	Southampton	2,478	2,497	13	4,988	49.7%
40	Lewisham	1,716	1,785	14	3,515	48.8%
41	Barking and Dagenham	1,760	1,747	103	3,610	48.8%
42	Blackpool	1,682	1,789	16	3,487	48.2%
43	Slough	1,549	1,678	28	3,254	47.6%
44	Luton	2,059	2,261	15	4,335	47.5%
45	Crawley	2,118	2,342	37	4,497	47.1%
46	Ealing	2,611	2,863	80	5,554	47.0%
47	Sandwell	3,991	4,539	26	8,556	46.6%
48	Leicester	3,386	3,906	42	7,334	46.2%
49	Nottingham	3,401	4,023	37	7,461	45.6%
50	Wolverhampton	3,140	3,789	15	6,944	45.2%
51	Bristol, City of	4,950	5,970	47	10,967	45.1%
52	Greenwich	2,104	2,597	30	4,731	44.5%
53	Stevenage	1,154	1,432	11	2,597	44.4%
54	Waltham Forest	1,688	2,184	9	3,881	43.5%
55	Reading	1,750	2,270	20	4,040	43.3%
56	Cambridge	1,739	2,276	54	4,070	42.7%
57	Watford	907	1,221	16	2,143	42.3%
58	Southend-on-Sea	1,748	2,415	4	4,167	42.0%
59	Merton	1,574	2,181	8	3,762	41.8%
60	Gloucester	1,691	2,336	28	4,055	41.7%
61	Ipswich	1,641	2,305	5	3,951	41.5%
62	Birmingham	11,093	15,518	168	26,779	41.4%
63	Hounslow	2,310	3,254	33	5,596	41.3%
64	Plymouth	3,247	4,680	57	7,984	40.7%
65	Derby	3,155	4,598	50	7,803	40.4%
66	Gosport	1,019	1,516	2	2,537	40.2%
67	Rushmoor	1,537	2,343	25	3,905	39.4%
68	Coventry	3,871	5,948	45	9,864	39.2%
69	Hillingdon	4,508	6,922	140	11,570	39.0%
70	Middlesbrough	2,098	3,211	80	5,388	38.9%
71	Bexley	2,330	3,689	39	6,058	38.5%
72	Oxford	1,736	2,781	43	4,560	38.1%
73	Dudley	3,687	6,094	15	9,796	37.6%
74	Stoke-on-Trent	3,502	5,781	62	9,345	37.5%
75	Sutton	1,637	2,738	10	4,385	37.3%
76	Harrow	1,872	3,151	23	5,046	37.1%
77	North Tyneside	3,052	5,127	52	8,231	37.1%
78	Worcester	1,212	2,105	11	3,328	36.4%
79	Harlow	1,103	1,883	68	3,054	36.1%
80	Exeter	1,694	2,951	59	4,703	36.0%
81	Kingston upon Thames	1,340	2,373	13	3,726	36.0%
82	Barnet	3,114	5,450	113	8,677	35.9%
83	Croydon	3,086	5,541	22	8,649	35.7%
84	Lincoln	1,270	2,294	5	3,569	35.6%
85	Salford	3,453	6,182	85	9,720	35.5%
86	Redbridge	1,996	3,636	8	5,640	35.4%
87	Tamworth	1,086	1,947	52	3,085	35.2%
88	South Tyneside	2,192	4,207	43	6,442	34.0%
89	Enfield	2,796	5,382	41	8,219	34.0%
90	Worthing	1,106	2,138	8	3,252	34.0%
91	Newcastle upon Tyne	3,808	7,368	169	11,345	33.6%
92	Walsall	3,465	6,893	40	10,397	33.3%
93	Sunderland	4,518	9,099	127	13,744	32.9%
94	Trafford	3,477	7,089	39	10,604	32.8%
95	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	5,219	10,955	31	16,205	32.2%
96	Halton	2,547	5,315	47	7,908	32.2%
97	Hastings	917	2,056	6	2,980	30.8%
98	Cheltenham	1,433	3,210	17	4,660	30.7%
99	Oadby and Wigston	711	1,606	36	2,353	30.2%
100	Stockport	3,651	8,915	38	12,604	29.0%
101	Havant	1,595	3,932	47	5,574	28.6%
102	Richmond upon Thames	1,639	4,093	7	5,739	28.6%
103	Brighton and Hove	2,355	5,911	18	8,283	28.4%
104	Wirral	4,415	11,643	34	16,092	27.4%
105	Knowsley	2,348	6,236	66	8,650	27.1%
106	Chesterfield	1,787	4,791	26	6,604	27.1%
107	Bolton	3,751	10,139	90	13,979	26.8%
108	Tameside	2,749	7,536	30	10,315	26.7%
109	Havering	2,985	8,128	121	11,234	26.6%
110	Eastleigh	2,096	5,783	89	7,968	26.3%
111	Spelthorne	1,331	3,776	9	5,116	26.0%
112	Torbay	1,635	4,631	23	6,288	26.0%
113	Sefton	4,047	11,560	51	15,658	25.8%
114	Dartford	1,866	5,290	116	7,273	25.7%
115	Epsom and Ewell	853	2,547	8	3,408	25.0%
116	Bury	2,443	7,478	25	9,946	24.6%
117	Fareham	1,818	5,593	15	7,426	24.5%
118	Eastbourne	1,067	3,347	3	4,416	24.2%
119	Broxbourne	1,231	3,881	32	5,144	23.9%
120	Castle Point	1,069	3,386	12	4,467	23.9%
121	Basildon	2,621	8,356	24	11,000	23.8%
122	Gateshead	3,390	10,783	63	14,235	23.8%
123	Redditch	1,282	4,131	12	5,425	23.6%
124	Bromley	3,545	11,453	15	15,013	23.6%
125	Wigan	4,411	14,301	105	18,817	23.4%
126	Thurrock	3,807	12,286	291	16,384	23.2%
127	Warrington	4,167	13,817	79	18,063	23.1%
128	Nuneaton and Bedworth	1,807	5,991	97	7,895	22.9%
129	Stockton-on-Tees	4,657	15,741	95	20,493	22.7%
130	Adur	949	3,242	16	4,207	22.5%
131	Thanet	2,280	8,028	52	10,361	22.0%
132	Solihull	3,859	13,788	182	17,828	21.6%
133	Elmbridge	2,083	7,525	26	9,633	21.6%
134	Woking	1,362	4,981	17	6,360	21.4%
135	Mansfield	1,619	6,019	31	7,670	21.1%
136	Cannock Chase	1,655	6,181	53	7,888	21.0%
137	St. Helens	2,858	10,761	17	13,636	21.0%
138	Hartlepool	1,954	7,327	91	9,372	20.8%
139	Runnymede	1,615	6,164	25	7,804	20.7%
140	Leeds	11,316	43,621	234	55,171	20.5%
141	Medway	3,951	15,336	85	19,371	20.4%
142	Oldham	2,893	11,318	23	14,234	20.3%
143	Broxtowe	1,602	6,371	37	8,010	20.0%
144	Barrow-in-Furness	1,527	6,242	21	7,790	19.6%
145	Rochdale	3,067	12,708	38	15,813	19.4%
146	Hyndburn	1,410	5,869	21	7,301	19.3%
147	South Ribble	2,153	9,090	72	11,314	19.0%
148	Sheffield	6,915	29,784	95	36,793	18.8%
149	Hertsmere	1,880	8,205	28	10,113	18.6%
150	Wakefield	6,269	27,481	112	33,862	18.5%
151	Ashfield	2,024	8,893	39	10,956	18.5%
152	Bracknell Forest	2,004	8,860	75	10,938	18.3%
153	Bradford	6,668	29,892	82	36,642	18.2%
154	North East Lincolnshire	3,456	15,672	134	19,262	17.9%
155	Swindon	4,119	18,775	116	23,009	17.9%
156	Three Rivers	1,588	7,187	107	8,882	17.9%
157	Milton Keynes	5,328	25,310	224	30,863	17.3%
158	Preston	2,438	11,567	223	14,228	17.1%
159	Surrey Heath	1,625	7,866	18	9,509	17.1%
160	Erewash	1,853	9,097	13	10,963	16.9%
161	Reigate and Banstead	2,154	10,732	29	12,914	16.7%
162	Wokingham	2,979	14,786	132	17,897	16.6%
163	Rotherham	4,740	23,811	102	28,653	16.5%
164	Blackburn with Darwen	2,195	11,452	56	13,702	16.0%
165	Redcar and Cleveland	3,882	20,560	64	24,507	15.8%
166	Welwyn Hatfield	2,008	10,927	19	12,954	15.5%
167	Gravesham	1,516	8,353	30	9,899	15.3%
168	Kirklees	6,254	34,517	84	40,855	15.3%
169	St Albans	2,436	13,661	23	16,121	15.1%
170	Blaby	1,959	11,040	47	13,047	15.0%
171	Windsor and Maidenhead	2,946	16,865	32	19,843	14.8%
172	Gedling	1,746	10,142	110	11,998	14.6%
173	Fylde	2,359	14,089	121	16,570	14.2%
174	North West Leicestershire	3,942	23,755	236	27,933	14.1%
175	York	3,708	23,434	51	27,193	13.6%
176	Telford and Wrekin	3,918	25,005	109	29,031	13.5%
177	Burnley	1,455	9,590	24	11,068	13.1%
178	Peterborough	4,492	29,630	216	34,338	13.1%
179	Arun	2,845	19,172	82	22,099	12.9%
180	Doncaster	7,309	49,246	246	56,801	12.9%
181	North Somerset	4,795	32,563	105	37,464	12.8%
182	South Gloucestershire	6,326	43,236	143	49,705	12.7%
183	Dacorum	2,698	18,524	26	21,248	12.7%
184	Charnwood	3,517	24,308	79	27,904	12.6%
185	Barnsley	4,118	28,683	107	32,908	12.5%
186	Tonbridge and Malling	2,933	21,007	72	24,011	12.2%
187	Bolsover	1,909	14,079	45	16,033	11.9%
188	Newcastle-under-Lyme	2,498	18,577	21	21,096	11.8%
189	Darlington	2,318	17,352	78	19,748	11.7%
190	Hart	2,519	18,942	65	21,527	11.7%
191	Chorley	2,318	17,933	25	20,276	11.4%
192	Warwick	3,218	24,642	427	28,288	11.4%
193	Great Yarmouth	1,958	15,431	43	17,431	11.2%
194	Guildford	3,003	24,035	56	27,093	11.1%
195	Bromsgrove	2,340	19,347	10	21,697	10.8%
196	Colchester	3,550	29,625	58	33,233	10.7%
197	North Northamptonshire	10,349	87,819	492	98,659	10.5%
198	Rossendale	1,433	12,355	17	13,804	10.4%
199	North Warwickshire	2,946	25,233	247	28,426	10.4%
200	Cheshire West and Chester	9,402	82,370	230	92,002	10.2%
201	Chelmsford	3,479	30,679	65	34,223	10.2%
202	Central Bedfordshire	7,181	64,024	361	71,567	10.0%
203	Amber Valley	2,661	23,802	81	26,544	10.0%
204	Wyre Forest	1,958	17,554	29	19,540	10.0%
205	Calderdale	3,626	32,742	28	36,396	10.0%
206	Brentwood	1,523	13,779	10	15,312	9.9%
207	Hinckley and Bosworth	2,940	26,688	108	29,735	9.9%
208	Waverley	3,328	31,129	60	34,517	9.6%
209	Tendring	3,243	30,276	113	33,632	9.6%
210	Wyre	2,708	25,429	79	28,216	9.6%
211	Canterbury	2,920	27,855	100	30,875	9.5%
212	Lichfield	3,124	29,781	225	33,129	9.4%
213	Tandridge	2,334	22,471	14	24,819	9.4%
214	Mid Sussex	3,141	30,148	114	33,403	9.4%
215	West Lancashire	3,205	31,400	58	34,663	9.2%
216	Rochford	1,536	15,093	80	16,709	9.2%
217	Rushcliffe	3,753	36,911	260	40,923	9.2%
218	Bath and North East Somerset	3,199	31,871	42	35,112	9.1%
219	North Lincolnshire	7,701	76,858	93	84,652	9.1%
220	Maidstone	3,577	35,620	136	39,333	9.1%
221	Epping Forest	3,070	30,770	58	33,898	9.1%
222	Cherwell	5,317	53,355	202	58,874	9.0%
223	Swale	3,362	33,843	137	37,342	9.0%
224	Bassetlaw	5,735	57,881	165	63,780	9.0%
225	Bedford	4,255	43,182	204	47,641	8.9%
226	Rugby	3,115	32,101	140	35,356	8.8%
227	East Staffordshire	3,428	35,457	113	38,999	8.8%
228	Cheshire East	10,178	106,200	258	116,636	8.7%
229	North East Derbyshire	2,398	25,057	107	27,562	8.7%
230	Pendle	1,467	15,451	20	16,938	8.7%
231	South Staffordshire	3,498	37,174	60	40,732	8.6%
232	South Derbyshire	2,876	30,814	123	33,813	8.5%
233	Isle of Wight	3,217	34,694	52	37,962	8.5%
234	Mole Valley	2,152	23,677	3	25,832	8.3%
235	Buckinghamshire	12,963	142,835	697	156,495	8.3%
236	Dover	2,554	28,891	89	31,534	8.1%
237	Tunbridge Wells	2,631	30,418	83	33,133	7.9%
238	Stroud	3,614	42,359	82	46,054	7.8%
239	Sevenoaks	2,899	34,104	32	37,035	7.8%
240	Selby	4,645	55,245	42	59,932	7.8%
241	Lewes	2,258	26,916	37	29,211	7.7%
242	Folkestone and Hythe	2,753	32,896	43	35,692	7.7%
243	West Northamptonshire	10,620	126,905	514	138,040	7.7%
244	Vale of White Horse	4,423	53,233	210	57,866	7.6%
245	New Forest	5,699	69,486	33	75,217	7.6%
246	Tewkesbury	3,091	38,222	128	41,441	7.5%
247	Test Valley	4,676	58,016	67	62,760	7.5%
248	Horsham	3,937	49,004	87	53,028	7.4%
249	West Suffolk	7,660	95,702	106	103,468	7.4%
250	Wychavon	4,910	61,375	69	66,354	7.4%
251	North Hertfordshire	2,777	34,732	29	37,538	7.4%
252	Newark and Sherwood	4,815	60,203	116	65,134	7.4%
253	Sedgemoor	4,167	52,172	84	56,422	7.4%
254	South Cambridgeshire	6,530	83,309	324	90,162	7.2%
255	Basingstoke and Deane	4,579	58,753	50	63,382	7.2%
256	West Berkshire	5,084	65,261	72	70,417	7.2%
257	Stafford	4,286	55,403	128	59,817	7.2%
258	East Hampshire	3,658	47,728	57	51,443	7.1%
259	Broadland	3,861	51,217	129	55,206	7.0%
260	East Hertfordshire	3,287	44,201	79	47,567	6.9%
261	Forest of Dean	3,608	48,933	50	52,590	6.9%
262	Cornwall	24,340	330,300	253	354,893	6.9%
263	South Oxfordshire	4,627	63,038	187	67,852	6.8%
264	East Devon	5,521	75,800	103	81,424	6.8%
265	Teignbridge	4,558	62,733	83	67,373	6.8%
266	South Somerset	6,449	89,367	88	95,904	6.7%
267	Huntingdonshire	6,119	84,880	246	91,246	6.7%
268	Braintree	4,079	56,942	150	61,171	6.7%
269	Isles of Scilly	109	1,523	-	1,632	6.7%
270	Mendip	4,917	68,994	32	73,944	6.6%
271	East Suffolk	8,322	117,710	66	126,099	6.6%
272	Rutland	2,554	36,811	10	39,375	6.5%
273	Ashford	3,744	54,178	140	58,062	6.4%
274	Harborough	3,791	55,297	181	59,269	6.4%
275	Winchester	4,171	61,740	186	66,097	6.3%
276	Lancaster	3,568	53,092	33	56,693	6.3%
277	West Oxfordshire	4,467	66,875	100	71,442	6.3%
278	Uttlesford	3,980	60,063	75	64,118	6.2%
279	North Kesteven	5,719	86,390	138	92,247	6.2%
280	County Durham	13,766	209,128	251	223,146	6.2%
281	Chichester	4,849	73,693	77	78,619	6.2%
282	Boston	2,237	34,136	28	36,401	6.1%
283	South Norfolk	5,530	85,107	121	90,758	6.1%
284	Wiltshire	19,384	305,942	207	325,534	6.0%
285	Stratford-on-Avon	5,788	91,653	346	97,787	5.9%
286	Staffordshire Moorlands	3,408	54,158	18	57,585	5.9%
287	Fenland	3,211	51,376	59	54,645	5.9%
288	South Hams	5,058	83,495	101	88,653	5.7%
289	Wealden	4,752	78,614	128	83,495	5.7%
290	South Kesteven	5,336	88,842	80	94,259	5.7%
291	East Riding of Yorkshire	13,572	226,645	261	240,477	5.6%
292	Dorset	14,040	234,858	196	249,094	5.6%
293	East Cambridgeshire	3,627	61,416	86	65,129	5.6%
294	High Peak	2,939	51,032	54	54,025	5.4%
295	Malvern Hills	3,094	54,549	65	57,707	5.4%
296	Babergh	3,172	56,269	71	59,512	5.3%
297	Cotswold	6,171	110,228	53	116,452	5.3%
298	Rother	2,708	48,423	45	51,175	5.3%
299	Mid Suffolk	4,507	82,466	135	87,107	5.2%
300	North Norfolk	4,987	91,746	22	96,755	5.2%
301	Melton	2,463	45,618	57	48,138	5.1%
302	Maldon	1,810	33,877	95	35,781	5.1%
303	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	7,271	136,542	139	143,952	5.1%
304	Somerset West and Taunton	5,985	112,838	86	118,908	5.0%
305	Derbyshire Dales	4,000	75,504	28	79,532	5.0%
306	Carlisle	5,051	98,678	55	103,784	4.9%
307	Hambleton	6,378	124,649	97	131,124	4.9%
308	Shropshire	15,513	304,086	129	319,728	4.9%
309	South Holland	3,583	71,323	102	75,008	4.8%
310	Breckland	6,185	124,231	96	130,512	4.7%
311	Harrogate	6,042	124,711	158	130,912	4.6%
312	Mid Devon	4,185	87,076	29	91,290	4.6%
313	North Devon	4,954	103,581	53	108,588	4.6%
314	Scarborough	3,557	77,938	124	81,619	4.4%
315	East Lindsey	7,627	168,947	104	176,677	4.3%
316	West Lindsey	4,951	110,471	152	115,573	4.3%
317	Herefordshire, County of	9,311	208,546	114	217,971	4.3%
318	Torridge	4,128	94,371	27	98,526	4.2%
319	Ribble Valley	2,380	55,992	75	58,446	4.1%
320	Allerdale	5,017	120,707	107	125,831	4.0%
321	South Lakeland	5,670	149,774	49	155,493	3.6%
322	Copeland	2,663	71,044	56	73,763	3.6%
323	West Devon	3,737	112,338	36	116,111	3.2%
324	Ryedale	4,787	145,826	47	150,659	3.2%
325	Northumberland	15,871	487,135	219	503,225	3.2%
326	Richmondshire	3,659	128,199	12	131,870	2.8%
327	Eden	5,729	209,888	30	215,647	2.7%
328	Craven	3,006	114,841	33	117,881	2.6%