Brownfield Land Register

The Government requires local authorities to prepare and maintain a register of brownfield land that is suitable for residential development.  

The Brownfield Land Register is in two parts:

Part 1

Part 1 is a list of brownfield sites:

1. that are of least 0.25 hectares or capable of supporting at least 5 dwellings;
2. that are suitable for residential development;
3. that are available for residential development; and
4. where residential development of the land is achievable.

Part 2

Part 2 includes those sites identified in Part 1 that the Council has decided should be granted ‘permission in principle’.

Burnley’s Brownfield Land Register

The Brownfield Register can be viewed and downloaded below. There are no entries in Part 2.

Legal Framework and Guidance 

• Town and County Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017
• Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017
• Brownfield Land Registers – National Planning Practice Guidance
• Permission in Principle – National Planning Practice Guidance
• The register has to be published in a certain format.  Further guidance can be found at Brownfield land registers data standard