Policy aspects of housebuilding on farmland in Britain

Summary

This paper reviews post‐war policies for rural settlement and agriculture in Britain, and reconsiders them in the context of EEC surplus farm production and pressures for increased housebuilding. The political context is briefly sketched through a discussion of critics and defenders of rural policy. Recent policy changes are then summarized, leading to a discussion of potential rural settlement strategies and of the criteria against which they might be evaluated.

Keywords:

• Rural settlement
• agriculture
• policy
• housing
• Britain