Brownfield land registers

Brownfield land registers provide information on sites we consider appropriate for residential development having regard to the criteria set out in Regulation 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017. 

We will be able to trigger a grant of permission in principle, which you can find out more about on the government website, for residential development for sites in our registers where they follow the procedures required as part of the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 on the government website.

Submit a site for the brownfield land register

Contact us to submit a brownfield site for possible inclusion in next year’s register that you think should be developed for housing. Please include an outline plan of the site and any details of the availability and suitability of the site for development.

The site must be mostly brownfield, and capable of supporting five or more dwellings or be at least 0.25 hectares in size. Sites should be suitable for residential use and free from constraints that cannot be mitigated. Where a brownfield site is subject to an allocation for a use other than housing in an up-to-date local plan and there is compelling evidence supporting that allocation, it is unlikely that the site would be regarded as being suitable for housing.

We will have the final say on which sites are on the register and which sites will have permission in principle. When deciding on which sites to include on the register, we will consider the relevant local plan. The landowner will not have the opportunity to appeal our decision. If a landowner does not agree with our decision they still have the option to make an application for planning permission.

Any queries about brownfield registers and permission in principle should be emailed to brownfieldregistersandpermissioninprinciple@communities.gsi.gov.uk

You can find further information about brownfield registers on: 

• the Order relating to permission in principle on the government website
• the Brownfield land registers information on the government's website
• the Brownfield land registers and permission in principle frequently asked questions on the government's website

Brownfield land registers by area

Brownfield land registers are in two parts, part one comprises all brownfield sites appropriate for residential development and part two those sites granted permission in principle. If no sites have been granted permission in principle, we do not publish part two of the register.