Brownfield Land Register

We are legally required to maintain a brownfield land register of previously developed sites within the district that are capable of being redeveloped or converted to provide housing-led development.

All sites must meet the definition of 'previously developed land' contained in the National Planning Policy Framework - on the GOV.UK website.

All sites must also meet the following criteria:

• they should be suitable for residential development: this means the land has planning permission for housing or housing-led development; or has been allocated for such development in a Local Plan; or is considered appropriate for such development
• they should be available for residential development: this means that there is no impediment to development in terms of either ownership issues or legal constraints on the land
• residential development of the land is achievable: the land is likely to be developed within 15 years of being entered on the register

The brownfield land register must include all sites meeting these criteria which are at least 0.25 hectares in area or are capable of supporting at least 5 dwellings.

brownfield land registers have two parts. Part 1 is a list of sites meeting the criteria within the brownfield land register regulations 2017. We can grant brownfield sites Permission in Principle (PIP), a new stepping stone towards planning permission, by including them in part 2 of the register.  We currently have no plans to grant Permission in Principle at this stage, so applicable sites will be set out in part 1 only. 

Our register is an Excel spreadsheet, arranged and populated in accordance with the government's published Data Standard - on the GOV.UK website. It includes links to our mapping system and planning application details in the 'SitePlanURL' column.

The brownfield land register must be published before the end of December 2017 and reviewed annually.