Brownfield Register

In order to increase the number of houses built the Government requires local authorities to prepare and maintain a register of brownfield land that is suitable for residential development.  

The Brownfield Land Register is in two parts:

1. Part 1 is a list of all brownfield sites appropriate for residential development, regardless of their status
2. Part 2 includes those sites in Part 1 that the Council considers would be suitable for a grant of 'permission in principle'.

View and download the Brownfield Register document.

The Government has published guidance to assist with the preparation and publishing of the brownfield land registers and information about permission in principle, as follows:

Town and County Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 on the Government's legislation website.

Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 on the Government's legislation website.

Brownfield Land Registers Government Guidance on the Government website.

Permission in Principle Government Guidance on the Government website.

The register has to be published in a certain format. Further guidance on the Brownfield land registers data standard can be found on the Government website.