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The government should relax green belt planning rules to allow developers to build new 'garden cities', according to a think tank.
Policy Exchange has published a report which claimed that building new homes on derelict sites or green areas on the edges of cities will help boost growth and ease the housing crisis.
According to the report, there is an insufficient amount of brown field sites to cope with the rising demand for housing and the government should therefore look at developing the "more brown parts of the green belt".
Alex Morton, author of the report, claimed there are many successful examples of 'garden cities' in the UK, including Milton Keynes and major planned developments at the Olympic site in Stratford.
He said: "There are significant advantages in concentrating a lot of development in one place, allowing proper planning for infrastructure, and allowing us to create green and pleasant places to live."
Policy Exchange brings together academics and policy makers from all political parties.
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