Potential Housing Capacity of Golf Courses
Taking the prevailing housing density for the borough, this shows the total potential capacity of the borough's golf courses have to provide housing. These areas include green belt, which would not be eligible for development, but as this is a slightly mischievous exercise it doesn't hurt to explore the idea
| 1 | Croydon | 13,280 |
| 2 | Richmond-upon-Thames | 13,250 |
| 3 | Bromley | 13,061 |
| 4 | Enfield | 9,226 |
| 5 | Barnet | 9,029 |
| 6 | Redbridge | 8,118 |
| 7 | Havering | 7,299 |
| 8 | Ealing | 6,765 |
| 9 | Hillingdon | 4,655 |
| 10 | Sutton | 4,586 |
| 11 | Merton | 4,287 |
| 12 | Harrow | 3,767 |
| 13 | Kingston-upon-Thames | 3,655 |
| 14 | Greenwich | 3,361 |
| 15 | Haringey | 3,112 |
| 16 | Lewisham | 2,906 |
| 17 | Wandsworth | 2,832 |
| 18 | Hounslow | 2,794 |
| 19 | Waltham Forest | 2,630 |
| 20 | Southwark | 1,917 |
| 21 | Bexley | 1,653 |
| 22 | Barking & Dagenham | 566 |
| 23 | Brent | 511 |
| 24 | Newham | 104 |
| 25 | City of London | 0 |
| 26 | Kensington & Chelsea | 0 |
| 27 | Islington | 0 |
| 28 | Westminster | 0 |
| 29 | Camden | 0 |
| 30 | Hackney | 0 |
| 31 | Lambeth | 0 |
| 32 | Hammersmith & Fulham | 0 |
| 33 | Tower Hamlets | 0 |
| Total | 123,364 | |
Inner-London Borough
Outer-London Borough
(As defined by London Councils)
♦ Council Political Control
★ 2016 Mayoral Election Result
Sources
1) Wikipedia 2) "London's 'Protected' Land: the extent, location and character of designated Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land in Greater London", 2018 (Greenspace Information for Greater London / Campaign for the Protection of the Rural Environment) 3) "London Elections Results 2016, Wards, Boroughs, Constituency", Greater London Authority (GLA) 4) "OS Open Greenspace", Ordnance Survey, updated April 2020.