Introduction
The Brownfield Register aims to help housebuilders identify suitable sites quickly, speeding up new homes being built and maximising the number of new homes on land previously developed.
The register includes nationally standard information. It is available to the public and gives certainty for developers and communities and encourages investment locally.
All sites included in the register must meet the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) definition of previously developed land (brownfield land) and be:
- available (willing landowner)
- in a suitable place for housing and free from restrictions
- viable and can be provided within 5 years or developed later on (for example between 6 and 10 years)
- able to take 5 or more properties, or
- more than 0.25 hectares.
The register does not affect the status of sites that already have:
- planning permission
- are set aside for development in the adopted Core Strategy, or
- the Site Allocations and Development Management Plan.
For more information see Brownfield Land Registers Data Standard: Preparing and publishing a register
The following brownfield registers are available for the individual former district council geographical areas. Our data is provided under the terms of the Open Government Licence.
Sedgemoor
Somerset West and Taunton
South Somerset
This register is designed to provide house builders with up-to-date and publicly available information on all brownfield sites available for housing.