Brownfield register

The government require each local planning authority in England to prepare, maintain and publish a register of previously developed (brownfield) land suitable for housing.

They consider that the purpose of the registers is to provide up-to-date and consistent information on brownfield sites that local authorities consider appropriate for residential development; they published guidance that was last updated on 28 July 2017 and a brownfield land registers data standard that was last updated on 31 October 2019. 

The council published its first brownfield land register in December 2017. The most recent update to the register was published in January 2024 and identifies land with the potential to accommodate 22,139 net additional dwellings across the city as of 31 March 2023. Note that the brownfield register is only a partial picture of potential sites for new housing; the housing and economic land availability assessment (HELAA) is much more comprehensive as it also includes dwellings on brownfield sites that are under construction, and dwellings on sites that are not completely brownfield in nature. The brownfield register does not include these sites given government guidance on the issue.    

A report setting out the methodology and findings of the January 2024 update to Salford’s brownfield register can be downloaded below. The government requires that the register is published as a CSV file and this can also be downloaded below.

An interactive map showing the sites on Salford’s 2023 brownfield register as updated in February 2023 is available to view. The map will be updated in due course to reflect the January 2024 update.

The brownfield land register data is provided under the Open Government Licence.

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This page was last updated on 29 January 2024

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