Source: http://www.nashpartnership.com/news/view/brownfield-land-register-and-permission-in-princip
Timestamp: 2017-10-18 12:56:04
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- A brownfield register is effectively a database published by a Local Planning Authority of brownfield sites which are believed to be ready for housing-led development in the near future. Authorities must have their brownfield register published by 31st December 2017. They must be published in two parts: Part 1 is for sites that meet the below criteria. Part 2 is sites that are in Part 1 and are also subject to permission in principle
- For sites included in Part 1 they must be all of the following:
- For sites to be ‘available’, their owners must have expressed an intention to sell or develop the land. Alternatively, the local authority can have judged that there are no issues relating to the ownership of the land or other legal impediments (according to publicly available information). For sites to be ‘achievable’, the development must be likely to take place within 15 years, having regard to any information publicly available and any representations received.
- Sites in Part 1 can then be moved on to Part 2 where they will automatically be given Permission in Principle. To be entered onto Part 2, certain publicity, notification and consultation procedures must be undertaken.
- There are provisions for:
- Before a site can be included in Part 2, the local planning authority must satisfy itself that the scale of residential development proposed would not be caught by the environmental impact assessment regulations – if it does it cannot be included.
- Authorities must make their brownfield register available on their websites.
- Permission in Principle can be granted through:
- A PiP can prescribe:
- As such, permission granted by the PIP Order is an ‘in principle’ permission for development of land only. If an applicant wants to develop a PIP site they must make an application for ‘technical details consent’ (TDC) in accordance with the permission in principle. The result would be the grant of full planning permission. TDC should address all further matters to be considered to enable planning permission, including appearance, access, landscaping, layout, scale etc – there should no further ‘reserved matters’ (but there can be conditions).
- Some provisions:
- Note that Permission in Principle does not prevent applicants from submitting applications for alternative developments.