The Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017. Comes into force 16th April. These Regulations place a duty on each local planning authority responsible for determining applications for housing development to prepare, maintain and publish a register of previously developed land (commonly known as “brownfield land”) which is suitable for residential development. The register must be in two parts.
Brownfield land will be entered in Part 1 where it:
Or Part 2 where it has also been allocated by the local planning authority for residential development following mandatory publicity) and consultation procedures.