| <p>The Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 and the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 require local authorities to prepare and maintain registers of brownfield land that is considered to be appropriate for residential development.</p> |
| <p>Part 1 of the register comprises all brownfield sites that the Council has assessed as being appropriate for residential development. All sites included on Part 1 have been assessed as meeting the National Planning Policy Framework definition of previously developed (brownfield) land:</p> |
| <p><em>Land which is or was occupied by a permanent structure |
including the curtilage of the developed land (although it should not be assumed that the whole of the curtilage should be developed) and any associated fixed surface infrastructure. This excludes: land that is or was last occupied by agricultural or forestry buildings; land that has been developed for minerals extraction or waste disposal by landfill |
where provision for restoration has been made through development management procedures; land in built-up areas such as private residential gardens |
parks |
recreation grounds and allotments; and land that was previously-developed but where the remains of the permanent structure or fixed surface structure have blended into the landscape.</em></p> |
| <p>To be considered suitable for housing |
sites must meet the definition of brownfield land and be:</p> |
