The EIC has recently published a report called Building on Brownfield: Towards more effective regulation of brownfield development which states that building on brownfield land will help resolve the housing crisis and sets out five recommendations for how the brownfield regulatory and enforcement system could be strengthened.
The report is available to download here>>> http://eic-uk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Building-on-Brownfield-2018.pdf