The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published Planning Practice Guidance to support permission in principle and brownfield registers of land suitable for housing, while a national data standard that all local planning authorities in England are encouraged to follow in preparing and publishing their brownfield land registers has also been published.
DCLG writes:
The Secretary of State has the power to require local planning authorities to provide information from their registers in a particular format. Local planning authorities will be able to meet the obligation to provide information in a particular format by preparing and publishing their registers in accordance with this document. National planning practice guidance on brownfield land registers and permission in principle should be read alongside this document.
The purpose of brownfield land registers will be to provide up-to-date and consistent information on sites that local authorities consider to be 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. Local planning authorities will be able to trigger a grant of permission in principle for residential development for sites in their registers where they follow the required procedures. Registers will be in two parts, Part 1 will comprise all brownfield sites appropriate for residential development and Part 2 those sites granted permission in principle. Registers should be published locally as open data and will provide transparent information about suitable and available sites.
The weblinks are as follows:
- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/brownfield-land-registers
- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/permission-in-principle
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/brownfield-land-registers-data-standard
Any queries should be directed to: brownfieldregistersandpermissioninprinciple@communities.gsi.gov.uk.
