The Adam Smith Institute's Head of Policy, Ben Southwood, was quoted in City Am, arguing that "going after brownfield plots is somewhat of a red herring." Read the article here.
"But going after brownfield plots is somewhat of a red herring, says the Adam Smith Institute's head of policy, Ben Southwood: "Brownfields are a strange obsession - very unlikely to actually provide enough space to actually make a dent in the housing crisis, but often of much higher environmental value than the greenfield sites we are supposed to protect."