d wrote:
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:29:10 +0100
"News" wrote:
Urban, villages, towns, cities. Kate Barker report. This may help
you: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/watercity/LandArticle.html
The Supporting Links are excellent.

# Settled land - 1.8m hectares. 7.65% of the land mass.
# Agricultural land - 10.8m hectares. 45.96% of the land mass.
# Semi-natural land, with much uses as agricultural land - 7.0m
hectares. 29.78 % of the land mass.
# Woodland - 2.8m hectares. 11.91% of the land mass
# Water bodies - 0.3m hectares. 1.28% of the land mass.
# Sundry, largely transport infrastructure - 0.8m hectares. 3.42% of
the land m ass.

I'd count agricultural as settled

I fallow field has people on it? Boy you are slow.

So where would
you
build on then?

All the surplus land. The UK has a land surplus.

Central Line will take you acroos London and also the new Crossrail
even quicker. Now you know.

You ever been on the central line in rush hour?

Focus please. "Central Line will take you acroos London [in les than a hour]
and also the new Crossrail even quicker. Now you know."

I'm guessing you work for a developer and/or estate agency or have
some other vested interest in building sprawl.

We can't sprawl anywhere as there is just too much land in the UK.
The place is empty.

Perhaps when you've finished being a know it all student get yourself
a proper job by a car and drive around this country like I have then
you see how empty it isn't.

I advise you to get off the A road and onmto the B. Nothjing is there -
empty. I advise you to fly over it and look down.

The South East is unerpopulated. Most popukated is the North West. (Kate
Barker report)

snip drivel