In built-up areas, almost all land is used. straightfoward; but in the countryside houses often have large grounds attached to them, and even fields. In particular there are quite a few
I think the question is if the lot that the house is on (assuming lots in England work like lots in the US, since we probably took your way of doing it a while ago :-) is mostly used to contain the house and for what might be called household purposes, or if it's a house with a farm and there's a farming business. In my area, many house lots are 1.5 acres, and some more, and often have woods (area of trees, unmanaged). I have only tagged more recent subdivisions (which are quite striking in pattern on imagery, with obvious borders), and not older lots. My take would be that the entire lot on which a house sits should be landuse=residential, as long as there isn't an ancilliary farming business.
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