Access to greenspace is unequal across England. Recently, there has been a lot of attention on the lack of access to greenspace in new developments despite Natural England’s Greenspace Standards setting the expectation for access. This study explores the extent to which new developments across England meet these standards, focusing on Doorstep, Local and Neighbourhood Greenspaces. The analysis uses spatial data to generate approximate major development sites completed between 2000 and 2024, which are then compared to the standards for Doorstep, Local or Neighbourhood greenspace. Land Cover data from 2000 was also used to explore whether development on more urban land fared differently from those on less urban land. Overall, around 66% of sites completed after 2000 have access to Doorstep Greenspace (0.5ha within 200m), 60% have access to Local Greenspace (2ha within 300m) and 61% have access to Neighbourhood Greenspace (10ha within 1km). Furthermore access to all types of greenspace appears to have decreased by around 15% between 2000 and 2024; down to 47%, 42% and 50% for access to Doorstep, Local and Neighbourhood Greenspaces respectively. Access to greenspace on the ‘discontinuous urban fabric’ landcover is greater than overall at 69%, 64% and 66% for Doorstep, Local and Neighbourhood Greenspaces respectively compared with sites on ‘non-built’ landcover at 57%, 46% and 40%. This suggests a worrying trend where increasing numbers of new homes are being built without good access to greenspaces and that this is particularly stark for greenfield developments that do not benefit from access to existing greenspaces.