Brownfield land register

The Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 state that:

Local planning authorities in England are required to prepare, maintain and publish registers of previously developed land.

The register provides information about sites that the Council thinks are appropriate for residential development. It must have regard to the criteria set out in the regulations and related guidance.

To be included in the Brownfield Land Register, sites must be previously developed in accordance with the definition outlined in Annex 2 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

They must also meet the criteria outlined in the Regulations below:

(a) the land has an area of at least 0.25 hectares or is capable of supporting at least 5 dwellings;

(b) the land is suitable for residential development;

(d) residential development of the land is achievable.

Registers are in two parts:

Part 1 lists all brownfield sites considered suitable for residential development.

Part 2 lists the sites on part 1 which the local authority thinks "permission in principle" should be granted. Permission in principle is similar to outline planning permission. The legislation can be seen in the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017. Permission in principle is subject to extra publicity, notification and consultation.

Part 1 of the register has been completed for Darlington (register and associated map below). No sites have been included on Part 2 of the register.

Brownfield land register [excel document]
Associated map [pdf document]