Decision details

Update of the South Cambridgeshire Brownfield Register

Decision Maker: Lead Cabinet member for Planning

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Purpose

 

To agree the update to the Brownfield Land Register in Appendix 1 for publication.

 

Reasons for Recommendation

 

In 2017 the Government introduced a requirement on Local Planning Authorities to prepare and publish a Brownfield Land Register. This provides details of brownfield land which is considered appropriate for residential development. The first register for South Cambridgeshire was reported to the planning portfolio holder meeting and published in December 2017. Councils are required to review registers at least once a year.

 

Background

 

The DCLG published guidance at the end of July 2017 and in October 2017 to support local planning authorities in preparing and publishing Brownfield Land Registers. The Register must include brownfield land the local planning authority has assessed as appropriate for residential development, meeting the following criteria:

 

                    0.25ha. / 5 dwellings or more (although it can also include smaller sites),

                    suitable in planning terms (in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework and policies in the Development Plan),

                    available (the landowner / promoter has expressed an intention to sell or develop the land and there are no known impediments to it being delivered),

                    achievable (development is likely to start within 15 years).

There is no requirement to undertake consultation, publicity and notification for sites included in Part 1 of The Register. The Council has the option to grant ‘permission in principle’ on any sites (in accordance with the Housing and Planning Act 2016 ). In such cases the sites must be entered into Part 2 of The Register and appropriate consultation, publicity and notification must be undertaken in accordance with the Regulations. However, all the sites identified in South Cambridgeshire either already have planning permission or are coming forward as allocations from the local plan. A part 2 register has not been prepared.

 

Updating the 2017 Register

 

The register in appendix 1 has been reviewed and updated:

 

                    Sites on the register that have now been developed, or development has commenced, have been removed.

                    Sites that have gained planning permission since 2017 that meet the criteria have been added.

                    Sites in the now Adopted Local Plan 2018  that meet the criteria have been added.

The register is produced in a standard spreadsheet format, and accompanied by downloadable mapping data, and published on the council’s website in an opendata format.

Decision:

To agree the 2018 update of the Brownfield Register.

Reasons for the decision:

To ensure the register remains up to date and meet the requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017.

Alternative options considered:

Options are limited. Council is required to keep the register up to date. Updating the register is a largely technical process, to test whether sites meet the criteria provided, and then collate information.

Publication date: 19/12/2018

Date of decision: 19/12/2018

Effective from: 01/01/2019

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