What is the Brownfield Land Register?
The Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 require Local Planning Authorities to prepare, maintain and publish Brownfield Land Registers.
The Register is a list of Previously Developed (or Brownfield) sites that have the potential to accommodate residential development. The Register must be kept in two parts:
- Part 1 comprises all sites categorised as Previously Developed Land (PDL), which have been assessed to be suitable, available and achievable for residential development according to the criteria set out in the Regulations.
- Part 2 is a subset of the Part 1 Register and comprises those sites that the Local Planning Authority deem suitable to grant ‘Permission in Principle (PiP)’. PiP is similar to an outline planning permission in that it establishes the fundamental principles of development (in terms of the use, location and number of homes), but a further Technical Details Consent is required prior to any development commencing.
In order to be entered onto the Brownfield Land Register, sites must be:
- Previously Developed Land (as defined within the NPPF).
- a minimum of 0.25ha or be capable of accommodating at least 5 dwellings.
- suitable – sites must be appropriate for residential use or a residential-led mixed use scheme, and must comply with national and local planning policies.
- available – there must be a demonstrable landowner/developer intention to sell or develop the site.
- achievable – sites must be developable within the next 15 years.
The register can include sites that are allocated within the Local Plan and those sites that already have planning permission, as well as any newly identified sites. The first Brownfield Land Register was published in December 2017 and registers must be reviewed at least once a year.
Brownfield Land Register 2024
Call for sites
We are looking for previously developed sites which have the potential to be redeveloped to homes in North Hertfordshire.
If you are a landowner or a prospective developer and/or you know of any sites that you think could be redeveloped for residential use, we would like to hear from you.
Before you submit a site, please note:
- All submissions must meet the criteria set out above.
- A new submission form should be used for each site you wish to submit for consideration.
- This is a call for new sites which are not currently on the published Brownfield Land Register - please check the current register before submitting a completed form for consideration.
- All sites submitted must be previously developed, as defined below:
Previously Developed Land: 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 has been occupied by agricultural or forestry buildings; land that has been developed for minerals extraction or waste disposal by landfill purposes where provision for restoration has been made through development control 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 have blended into the landscape in the process of time.
If you have any queries please contact the Planning Policy Team on 01462 474000 or you can email the team at planning.policy@north-herts.gov.uk
We look forward to hearing from you.