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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.
The following brownfield registers are available for the individual former district council geographical areas. We intend to update and combine these in due course.
Development land and register of brownfield sites
Brownfield site register
This register contains details of previously developed land or buildings suitable for housing. It does not include sites in development or those promoted for mainly commercial use. It excludes sites in open countryside or agricultural land or buildings – which are not classed as brownfield land.
Sites are also assessed for suitability against the Mendip area Local Plan and national planning policies. All sites on the current register are ‘Part 1’ sites. Only sites on ‘Part 2’ of the register gain permission in principle for housing development.
December 2023
The register is also available in an open data format.
December 2023
Submitting details of land or sites to the Council
Landowners, organisations or developers can promote land to the Council as available for housing and commercial development.
Details of land can be submitted at any time using the form below. You can also supply further information to update existing submitted sites.
To submit or update details of land you wish the Council to consider as available for development
To submit or update details of land you wish the Council to consider as available for development
Land promoted in Local Plan Part 2
The most recent maps and assessments of land promoted as available were published as part of the Local Plan Part 2 issues and options consultation.
You can continue to register land available for development and there will be a ‘call for sites’ as part of the new Somerset wide Plan in due course. Guidance on specific sites or land can be obtained by contacting the Planning Policy team.