UK Housebuilding Calculator
An essential tool for masterplanners, house builders and local authorities — test land use, density and parking in real time, from Gross Site Area through to Parking.
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Land Use Allocation
Each category total below is the sum of its own detail tab. Residential is always the remainder of the Gross Site Area and cannot be edited directly.
| Land Use | Hectares | % of Gross |
|---|
Housing Mix, Area & Density
Set a target number of dwellings, then edit the mix per typology by units or by percentage — the two stay in sync. Density is editable per row; land required and overall density update as you go, checked against the Net Residential Area carried through from Land Use Allocation.
0.00 haNet Residential Area
0Overall Density (dw/ha)
| Typology | Storeys | Density (dw/ha) | Units | % of Target | Land Required (ha) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | 0% | 0.00 ha | |||
Parking Requirement
Derived automatically from the unit mix above. 1 bed = 1 space, 2 bed = 2 spaces, 3 bed = 2 spaces, 4+ bed = 3 spaces per dwelling, plus 0.25 visitor spaces per dwelling added after totalling.
| Typology | Units | Spaces / Unit | Spaces |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resident Spaces Subtotal | 0 | ||
| Visitor Spaces (0.25 × dwellings) | 0 | ||
| Total Parking Spaces | 0 | ||
Commercial Mix & Area
Full breakdown of Use Class E sub-classes, plus B2 (general industrial) and B8 (storage & distribution). Enter GIA per class — land, car and cycle requirements are derived from the standard for each row (editable). Rows flagged placeholder are using a single interim figure across all of E until class-specific figures are supplied.
| Use Class | GIA (sqm) | Storeys | Land Required (ha) | Car Spaces | Cycle Spaces | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0.00 ha | 0 | 0 | |||
Standard shown per row is expressed as ha / car / cycle per sqm GIA — edit any of these to override the default.
Education
Split by Primary and Secondary provision.
| Category | Hectares |
|---|---|
| Primary School | |
| Secondary School | |
| Total | 0.00 ha |
Landscape
Defaults to 30% of Gross Site Area. Switch to a detailed breakdown across the six sub-categories below (Children & Youth Play Space further split into LAP / LEAP / NEAP) — entering any figure switches over automatically.
0.00 haLandscape Total
30.0%of Gross Site Area
| Category | Hectares |
|---|---|
| Amenity Green Space | |
| Parks and Gardens | |
| — Play Space: LAP | |
| — Play Space: LEAP | |
| — Play Space: NEAP | |
| Natural & Semi-Natural Grassland | |
| Linear Spaces / Green Corridors | |
| Civic / Hard Landscaped Space | |
| Detailed Total | 0.00 ha |
Infrastructure
Spine + primary roads (and associated footways / cyclepaths / swales, plus footpaths / bridleways / PROW passing through the site outside the net residential area). Defaults to 15% of Gross Site Area — enter a measured area to override; the % recalculates from it.
15.0%of Gross Site Area
SuDS
Sustainable Drainage Systems — attenuation basins, swales, ponds and associated buffer. Defaults to 10% of Gross Site Area — enter a measured area to override; the % recalculates from it.
10.0%of Gross Site Area
Other Uses
Care Home and Leisure Centre carry defaults from the Density Manual; add further facilities as needed (no default — user-entered).
| Facility | Hectares | |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0.00 ha |